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Chapter 12

           Shewascertainthatsomeromanticsorrowhadblightedhislifeandmadehimhardandbitter,andshefeltthatwhatheneededwastheloveofagoodwoman.Inallhershelteredlifeshehadneverseenevilandcouldscarcelycredititsexistence,andwhengossipwhisperedthingsaboutRhettandthegirlinCharlestonshewasshockedandunbelieving.And,insteadofturningheragainsthim,itonlymadehermoretimidlygracioustowardhimbecauseofherindignationatwhatshefanciedwasagrossinjusticedonehim.

           ScarlettsilentlyagreedwithAuntPitty.She,too,feltthathehadnorespectforanywoman,unlessperhapsforMelanie.Shestillfeltunclothedeverytimehiseyesranupanddownherfigure.Itwasnotthatheeversaidanything.Thenshecouldhavescorchedhimwithhotwords.Itwastheboldwayhiseyeslookedoutofhisswarthyfacewithadispleasingairofinsolence,asifallwomenwerehispropertytobeenjoyedinhisowngoodtime.OnlywithMelaniewasthislookabsent.Therewasneverthatcoollookofappraisal,nevermockeryinhiseyes,whenhelookedatMelanie;andtherewasanespecialnoteinhisvoicewhenhespoketoher,courteous,respectful,anxioustobeofservice.

           "Idon’tseewhyyou’resomuchnicertoherthantome,"saidScarlettpetulantly,oneafternoonwhenMelanieandPittyhadretiredtotaketheirnapsandshewasalonewithhim.

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