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Chapter 57

           Ashleyshouldhavethemillsandatapricesolowhecouldnothelprealizinghowgenerousshewas.

           "Iwillsell!"shecriedfuriously."Now,whatdoyouthinkofthat?"

           TherewasthefaintestgleamoftriumphinRhett’seyesashebenttotieBonnie’sshoestring.

           "Ithinkyou’llregretit,"hesaid.

           Alreadyshewasregrettingthehastywords.HadtheybeenspokentoanyonesaveRhettshewouldhaveshamelesslyretractedthem.Whyhadsheburstoutlikethat?ShelookedatRhettwithanangryfrownandsawthathewaswatchingherwithhisoldkeen,cat-at-a-mouse-holelook.Whenhesawherfrown,helaughedsuddenly,hiswhiteteethflashing.Scarletthadanuncertainfeelingthathehadjockeyedherintothisposition.

           "Didyouhaveanythingtodowiththis?"shesnapped.

           "I?"Hisbrowswentupinmocksurprise."Youshouldknowmebetter.InevergoabouttheworlddoinggooddeedsifIcanavoidit."

           ThatnightshesoldthemillsandallherinterestinthemtoAshley.ShedidnotlosetherebyforAshleyrefusedtotakeadvantageofherfirstlowofferandmetthehighestbidthatshehadeverhadforthem.WhenshehadsignedthepapersandthemillswereirrevocablygoneandMelaniewaspassingsmallglassesofwinetoAshleyandRhetttocelebratethetransaction,Scarlettfeltbereft,asthoughshehadsoldoneofherchildren.

           Themillshadbeenherdarlings,herpride,thefruitofhersmallgraspinghands.

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