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Chapter 12

           Henotonlyaffrontedthetownwithinsinuationsofvenalityonthepartofmeninhighplacesandslursonthecourageofthemeninthefield,buthetookpleasureintrickingthedignifiedcitizenryintoembarrassingsituations.Hecouldnomoreresistprickingtheconceits,thehypocrisiesandtheflamboyantpatriotismofthoseabouthimthanasmallboycanresistputtingapinintoaballoon.Heneatlydeflatedthepompousandexposedtheignorantandthebigoted,andhediditinsuchsubtleways,drawinghisvictimsoutbyhisseeminglycourteousinterest,thattheyneverwerequitecertainwhathadhappeneduntiltheystoodexposedaswindy,highflownandslightlyridiculous.

           Duringthemonthswhenthetownacceptedhim,Scarletthadbeenundernoillusionsabouthim.Sheknewthathiselaborategallantriesandhisfloridspeecheswerealldonewithhistongueinhischeek.Sheknewthathewasactingthepartofthedashingandpatrioticblockaderunnersimplybecauseitamusedhim.SometimesheseemedtoherliketheCountyboyswithwhomshehadgrownup,thewildTarletontwinswiththeirobsessionforpracticaljokes;thedevil-inspiredFontaines,teasing,mischievous;theCalvertswhowouldsitupallnightplanninghoaxes.Buttherewasadifference,forbeneathRhett’sseeminglightnesstherewassomethingmalicious,almostsinisterinitssuavebrutality.

           Thoughshewasthoroughlyawareofhisinsincerity,shemuchpreferredhimintheroleoftheromanticblockader.

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