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Chapter 12

           Shelostherfearofhisbetrayinghersecret,buttherealwayslurkedinthebackofhermindthedisquietingmemorythathehadseenheratherworstandknewthetruthaboutAshley.Itwasthisknowledgethatcheckedhertonguewhenheannoyedher.Andheannoyedherfrequently.

           Hewasinhismid-thirties,olderthananybeaushehadeverhad,andshewasashelplessasachildtocontrolandhandlehimasshehadhandledbeauxnearerherownage.Healwayslookedasifnothinghadeversurprisedhimandmuchhadamusedhimand,whenhehadgottenherintoaspeechlesstemper,shefeltthatsheamusedhimmorethananythingintheworld.Frequentlysheflaredintoopenwrathunderhisexpertbaiting,forshehadGerald’sIrishtemperalongwiththedeceptivesweetnessoffaceshehadinheritedfromEllen.HeretoforeshehadneverbotheredtocontrolhertemperexceptinEllen’spresence.Nowitwaspainfultohavetochokebackwordsforfearofhisamusedgrin.Ifonlyhewouldeverlosehistempertoo,thenshewouldnotfeelatsuchadisadvantage.

           Aftertiltswithhimfromwhichsheseldomemergedthevictorshevowedhewasimpossible,ill-bredandnogentlemanandshewouldhavenothingmoretodowithhim.Butsoonerorlater,hereturnedtoAtlanta,called,presumablyonAuntPitty,andpresentedScarlett,withoverdonegallantry,aboxofbonbonshehadbroughtherfromNassau.

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