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Chapter 13

           AuntPittyknewnothingaboutmen,eitherwiththeirbacksuporotherwise,andshecouldonlywaveherfatlittlehandshelplessly.AsforScarlett,shehadlongagobecomeresignedtoMelanie’shabitofseeinggoodineveryone.Melaniewasafool,buttherewasnothinganybodycoulddoaboutit.

           ScarlettknewthatRhettwasnotbeingpatrioticand,thoughshewouldhavediedratherthanconfessit,shedidnotcare.ThelittlepresentshebroughtherfromNassau,littleoddmentsthataladycouldacceptwithpropriety,werewhatmatteredmosttoher.Withpricesashighastheywere,whereonearthcouldshegetneedlesandbonbonsandhairpins,ifsheforbadethehousetohim?No,itwaseasiertoshifttheresponsibilitytoAuntPitty,whoafterallwastheheadofthehouse,thechaperonandthearbiterofmorals.ScarlettknewthetowngossipedaboutRhett’scalls,andabouthertoo;butshealsoknewthatintheeyesofAtlantaMelanieWilkescoulddonowrong,andifMelaniedefendedRhetthiscallswerestilltingedwithrespectability.

           However,lifewouldbepleasanterifRhettwouldrecanthisheresies.Shewouldn’thavetosuffertheembarrassmentofseeinghimcutopenlywhenshewalkeddownPeachtreeStreetwithhim.

           "Evenifyouthinksuchthings,whydoyousaythem?"shescolded."Ifyou’djustthinkwhatyoupleasebutkeepyourmouthshut,everythingwouldbesomuchnicer."

           "That’syoursystem,isn’tit,mygreen-eyedhypocrite?Scarlett,Scarlett!Ihopedformorecourageousconductfromyou."

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