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Chapter 2

           HiswasasIrishafaceascouldbefoundinthelengthandbreadthofthehomelandhehadleftsolongagoround,highcolored,shortnosed,widemouthedandbelligerent. 

           BeneathhischolericexteriorGeraldO’Harahadthetenderestofhearts.Hecouldnotbeartoseeaslavepoutingunderareprimand,nomatterhowwelldeserved,orhearakittenmewingorachildcrying;buthehadahorrorofhavingthisweaknessdiscovered.Thateveryonewhomethimdiddiscoverhiskindlyheartwithinfiveminuteswasunknowntohim;andhisvanitywouldhavesufferedtremendouslyifhehadfounditout,forhelikedtothinkthatwhenhebawledordersatthetopofhisvoiceeveryonetrembledandobeyed.IthadneveroccurredtohimthatonlyonevoicewasobeyedontheplantationthesoftvoiceofhiswifeEllen.Itwasasecrethewouldneverlearn,foreveryonefromEllendowntothestupidestfieldhandwasinatacitandkindlyconspiracytokeephimbelievingthathiswordwaslaw. 

           Scarlettwasimpressedlessthananyoneelsebyhistempersandhisroarings.Shewashisoldestchildand,nowthatGeraldknewtherewouldbenomoresonstofollowthethreewholayinthefamilyburyingground,hehaddriftedintoahabitoftreatingherinaman-to-manmannerwhichshefoundmostpleasant.Shewasmorelikeherfatherthanheryoungersisters,forCarreen,whohadbeenbornCarolineIrene,wasdelicateanddreamy,andSuellen,christenedSusanElinor,pridedherselfonhereleganceandladylikedeportment. 

           Moreover,Scarlettandherfatherwereboundtogetherbyamutualsuppressionagreement. 

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