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Chapter 2

           Shelovedhimandshewantedhimandshedidnotunderstandhim. ShewasasforthrightandsimpleasthewindsthatblewoverTaraandtheyellowriverthatwoundaboutit,andtotheendofherdaysshewouldneverbeabletounderstandacomplexity. Andnow,forthefirsttimeinherlife,shewasfacingacomplexnature. 

           ForAshleywasbornofalineofmenwhousedtheirleisureforthinking,notdoing,forspinningbrightlycoloreddreamsthathadinthemnotouchofreality. HemovedinaninnerworldthatwasmorebeautifulthanGeorgiaandcamebacktorealitywithreluctance. Helookedonpeople,andheneitherlikednordislikedthem. Helookedonlifeandwasneitherheartenednorsaddened. Heacceptedtheuniverseandhisplaceinitforwhattheywereand,shrugging,turnedtohismusicandbooksandhisbetterworld. 

           WhyheshouldhavecaptivatedScarlettwhenhismindwasastrangertohersshedidnotknow. Theverymysteryofhimexcitedhercuriositylikeadoorthathadneitherlocknorkey. Thethingsabouthimwhichshecouldnotunderstandonlymadeherlovehimmore,andhisodd,restrainedcourtshiponlyservedtoincreaseherdeterminationtohavehimforherown. Thathewouldproposesomedayshehadneverdoubted,forshewastooyoungandtoospoiledevertohaveknowndefeat. Andnow,likeathunderclap,hadcomethishorriblenews. AshleytomarryMelanie!Itcouldn’tbetrue! 

           Why,onlylastweek,whentheywereridinghomeattwilightfromFairhill,hehadsaid: "Scarlett,IhavesomethingsoimportanttotellyouthatIhardlyknowhowtosayit." 

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