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Chapter 12

           ItwasasthoughheboreanimpersonalcontemptforeveryoneandeverythingintheSouth,theConfederacyinparticular,andtooknopainstoconcealit.ItwashisremarksabouttheConfederacythatmadeAtlantalookathimfirstinbewilderment,thencoollyandthenwithhotrage.Evenbefore1862passedinto1863,menwerebowingtohimwithstudiedfrigidityandwomenbeginningtodrawtheirdaughterstotheirsideswhenheappearedatagathering.

           Heseemedtotakepleasurenotonlyinaffrontingthesincereandred-hotloyaltiesofAtlantabutinpresentinghimselfintheworstpossiblelight.Whenwell-meaningpeoplecomplimentedhimonhisbraveryinrunningtheblockade,heblandlyrepliedthathewasalwaysfrightenedwhenindanger,asfrightenedaswerethebraveboysatthefront.EveryoneknewtherehadneverbeenacowardlyConfederatesoldierandtheyfoundthisstatementpeculiarlyirritating.Healwaysreferredtothesoldiersas"ourbraveboys"and"ourheroesingray"anddiditinsuchawayastoconveytheutmostininsult.Whendaringyoungladies,hopingforaflirtation,thankedhimforbeingoneoftheheroeswhofoughtforthem,hebowedanddeclaredthatsuchwasnotthecase,forhewoulddothesamethingforYankeewomenifthesameamountofmoneywereinvolved.

           SinceScarlett’sfirstmeetingwithhiminAtlantaonthenightofthebazaar,hehadtalkedwithherinthismanner,butnowtherewasathinlyveilednoteofmockeryinhisconversationswitheveryone.

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