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Chapter 12

           Rhett,hearingofthisfromMelanie,broughtinfromEnglandyardsandyardsofgleamingwhitesatinandalaceveilandpresentedthemtoherasaweddinggift.Hediditinsuchawaythatitwasunthinkabletoevenmentionpayinghimforthem,andMaybellewassodelightedshealmostkissedhim.Mrs.Merriwetherknewthatsoexpensiveagiftandagiftofclothingatthatwashighlyimproper,butshecouldthinkofnowayofrefusingwhenRhetttoldherinthemostfloridlanguagethatnothingwastoogoodtodeckthebrideofoneofourbraveheroes.SoMrs.Merriwetherinvitedhimtodinner,feelingthatthisconcessionmorethanpaidforthegift.

           HenotonlybroughtMaybellethesatinbuthewasabletogiveexcellenthintsonthemakingoftheweddingdress.HoopsinPariswerewiderthisseasonandskirtswereshorter.Theywerenolongerruffledbutweregatheredupinscallopedfestoons,showingbraidedpetticoatsbeneath.Hesaid,too,thathehadseennopantaletsonthestreets,soheimaginedtheywere"out."Afterwards,Mrs.MerriwethertoldMrs.Elsingshefearedthatifshehadgivenhimanyencouragementatall,hewouldhavetoldherexactlywhatkindofdrawerswerebeingwornbyParisiennes.

           Hadhebeenlessobviouslymasculine,hisabilitytorecalldetailsofdresses,bonnetsandcoiffureswouldhavebeenputdownastherankesteffeminacy.Theladiesalwaysfeltalittleoddwhentheybesiegedhimwithquestionsaboutstyles,buttheydiditnevertheless.

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