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Chapter 56

           Butwhen,atlast,shewentjoyfullytohisdoortotellhimthatScarlettwasbetter,shewasunpreparedforwhatshefound.Therewasahalf-emptybottleofwhiskyonthetablebythebedandtheroomreekedwiththeodor.Helookedatherwithbrightglazedeyesandhisjawmusclestrembleddespitehiseffortstosethisteeth.

           "She’sdead?"

           "Oh,no.She’smuchbetter."

           Hesaid:"Oh,myGod,"andputhisheadinhishands.Shesawhiswideshouldersshakeaswithanervouschilland,asshewatchedhimpityingly,herpitychangedtohonorforshesawthathewascrying.Melaniehadneverseenamancryandofallmen,Rhett,sosuave,somocking,soeternallysureofhimself.

           Itfrightenedher,thedesperatechokingsoundhemade.ShehadaterrifiedthoughtthathewasdrunkandMelaniewasafraidofdrunkenness.Butwhenheraisedhisheadandshecaughtoneglimpseofhiseyes,shesteppedswiftlyintotheroom,closedthedoorsoftlybehindherandwenttohim.Shehadneverseenamancrybutshehadcomfortedthetearsofmanychildren.Whensheputasofthandonhisshoulder,hisarmswentsuddenlyaroundherskirts.Beforesheknewhowithappenedshewassittingonthebedandhewasonthefloor,hisheadinherlapandhisarmsandhandsclutchingherinafranticclaspthathurther.

           Shestrokedtheblackheadgentlyandsaid:"There!There!"soothingly."There!She’sgoingtogetwell."

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