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Chapter 10

           TriumphwaswrittenonherfaceandnotraceofshameforherunfilialtreatmentofGerald.NowEllenwouldbesoothedwithliesifanyotherbusybodywroteher.NowshecouldstayinAtlanta.Nowshecoulddoalmostasshepleased,Pittypatbeingtheweakvesselthatshewas.Sheunlockedthecellaretandstoodforamomentwiththebottleandglasspressedtoherbosom.

           ShesawalongvistaofpicnicsbythebubblingwatersofPeachtreeCreekandbarbecuesatStoneMountain,receptionsandballs,afternoondanceables,buggyridesandSunday-nightbuffetsuppers.Shewouldbethere,rightintheheartofthings,rightinthecenterofacrowdofmen.Andmenfellinlovesoeasily,afteryoudidlittlethingsforthematthehospital.Shewouldn’tmindthehospitalsomuchnow.Menweresoeasilystirredwhentheyhadbeenill.Theyfellintoaclevergirl’shandjustliketheripepeachesatTarawhenthetreesweregentlyshaken.

           Shewentbacktowardherfatherwiththerevivingliquor,thankingHeaventhatthefamousO’Haraheadhadnotbeenabletosurvivelastnight’sboutandwonderingsuddenlyifRhettButlerhadhadanythingtodowiththat.

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