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Chapter 12

           Theywereasisolatedfromtheworldoffashionasshipwreckedmariners,forfewbooksoffashioncamethroughtheblockade.ForalltheyknewtheladiesofFrancemightbeshavingtheirheadsandwearingcoonskincaps,soRhett’smemoryforfurbelowswasanexcellentsubstituteforGodey’sLady’sBook.Hecouldanddidnoticedetailssodeartofemininehearts,andaftereachtripabroadhecouldbefoundinthecenterofagroupofladies,tellingthatbonnetsweresmallerthisyearandperchedhigher,coveringmostofthetopofthehead,thatplumesandnotflowerswerebeingusedtotrimthem,thattheEmpressofFrancehadabandonedthechignonforeveningwearandhadherhairpiledalmostonthetopofherhead,showingallofherears,andthateveningfrockswereshockinglylowagain.

           Forsomemonths,hewasthemostpopularandromanticfigurethetownknew,despitehispreviousreputation,despitethefaintrumorsthathewasengagednotonlyinblockadingbutinspeculatingonfoodstuffs,too.PeoplewhodidnotlikehimsaidthataftereverytriphemadetoAtlanta,pricesjumpedfivedollars.Butevenwiththisunder-covergossipseepingabout,hecouldhaveretainedhispopularityhadheconsidereditworthretaining.Instead,itseemedasthough,aftertryingthecompanyofthestaidandpatrioticcitizensandwinningtheirrespectandgrudgingliking,somethingperverseinhimmadehimgooutofhiswaytoaffrontthemandshowthemthathisconducthadbeenonlyamasqueradeandonewhichnolongeramusedhim.

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