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Chapter 6

           TheytelegraphedtheirdisapprovalofScarlett’sconducttoHettyTarletonbydelicatelyraisedeyebrows."Fast"wastheonlywordforScarlett.Simultaneously,thethreeyoungladiesraisedlacyparasols,saidtheyhadhadquiteenoughtoeat,thankyou,and,layinglightfingersonthearmsofthemennearestthem,clamoredsweetlytoseetherosegarden,thespringandthesummerhouse.Thisstrategicretreatingoodorderwasnotlostonawomanpresentorobservedbyaman.

           Scarlettgiggledasshesawthreemendraggedoutofthelineofhercharmstoinvestigatelandmarksfamiliartothegirlsfromchildhood,andcuthereyesharplytoseeifAshleyhadtakennote.ButhewasplayingwiththeendsofMelanie’ssashandsmilingupather.PaintwistedScarlett’sheart.ShefeltthatshecouldclawMelanie’sivoryskintillthebloodranandtakepleasureindoingit.

           AshereyeswanderedfromMelanie,shecaughtthegazeofRhettButler,whowasnotmixingwiththecrowdbutstandingaparttalkingtoJohnWilkes.Hehadbeenwatchingherandwhenshelookedathimhelaughedoutright.Scarletthadanuneasyfeelingthatthismanwhowasnotreceivedwastheonlyonepresentwhoknewwhatlaybehindherwildgaietyandthatitwasaffordinghimsardonicamusement.Shecouldhaveclawedhimwithpleasuretoo.

           "IfIcanjustlivethroughthisbarbecuetillthisafternoon,"shethought,"allthegirlswillgoupstairstotakenapstobefreshfortonightandI’llstaydownstairsandgettotalktoAshley.SurelyhemusthavenoticedhowpopularIam."Shesoothedherheartwithanotherhope:"Ofcourse,hehastobeattentivetoMelaniebecause,afterall,sheishiscousinandsheisn’tpopularatall,andifhedidn’tlookoutforhershe’djustbeawallflower."

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