Унесенные ветром

Chapter 8

           Toallthesearguments,Scarlettsmiledbutsaidnothing,unwillingtocommitherselfbeforelearninghowshewouldlikeAtlantaandconstantassociationwithherinlaws.Sheknew,too,thatGeraldandEllenwouldhavetobewonover.Moreover,nowthatshewasawayfromTara,shemisseditdreadfully,missedtheredfieldsandthespringinggreencottonandthesweettwilightsilences.Forthefirsttime,sherealizeddimlywhatGeraldhadmeantwhenhesaidthattheloveofthelandwasinherblood.

           Soshegracefullyevaded,forthetimebeing,adefiniteanswerastothedurationofhervisitandslippedeasilyintothelifeofthered-brickhouseatthequietendofPeachtreeStreet.

           LivingwithCharles’bloodkin,seeingthehomefromwhichhecame.Scarlettcouldnowunderstandalittlebettertheboywhohadmadeherwife,widowandmotherinsuchrapidsuccession.Itwaseasytoseewhyhehadbeensoshy,sounsophisticated,soidealistic.IfCharleshadinheritedanyofthequalitiesofthestern,fearless,hot-temperedsoldierwhohadbeenhisfather,theyhadbeenobliteratedinchildhoodbytheladylikeatmosphereinwhichhehadbeenreared.HehadbeendevotedtothechildlikePittyandcloserthanbrothersusuallyaretoMelanie,andtwomoresweet,unworldlywomencouldnotbefound.

           AuntPittypathadbeenchristenedSarahJaneHamiltonsixtyyearsbefore,butsincethelong-pastdaywhenherdotingfatherhadfastenedhisnicknameuponher,becauseofherairy,restless,patteringlittlefeet,noonehadcalledheranythingelse.Intheyearsthatfollowedthatsecondchristening,manychangeshadtakenplaceinherthatmadethepetnameincongruous.Oftheswiftlyscamperingchild,allthatnowremainedweretwotinyfeet,inadequatetoherweight,andatendencytoprattlehappilyandaimlessly.

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