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Chapter 2

           IfGeraldcaughtherclimbingafenceinsteadofwalkinghalfamiletoagate,orsittingtoolateonthefrontstepswithabeau,hecastigatedherpersonallyandwithvehemence,buthedidnotmentionthefacttoEllenortoMammy.AndwhenScarlettdiscoveredhimjumpingfencesafterhissolemnpromisetohiswife,orlearnedtheexactamountofhislossesatpoker,asshealwaysdidfromCountygossip,sherefrainedfrommentioningthefactatthesuppertableintheartfullyartlessmannerSuellenhad.ScarlettandherfathereachassuredtheothersolemnlythattobringsuchmatterstotheearsofEllenwouldonlyhurther,andnothingwouldinducethemtowoundhergentleness. 

           Scarlettlookedatherfatherinthefadinglight,and,withoutknowingwhy,shefounditcomfortingtobeinhispresence.Therewassomethingvitalandearthyandcoarseabouthimthatappealedtoher.Beingtheleastanalyticofpeople,shedidnotrealizethatthiswasbecauseshepossessedinsomedegreethesesamequalities,despitesixteenyearsofeffortonthepartofEllenandMammytoobliteratethem. 

           "Youlookverypresentablenow,"shesaid,"andIdon’tthinkanyonewillsuspectyou’vebeenuptoyourtricksunlessyoubragaboutthem.Butitdoesseemtomethatafteryoubrokeyourkneelastyear,jumpingthatsamefence" 

           "Well,mayIbedamnedifI’llhavemeowndaughtertellingmewhatIshalljumpandnotjump,"heshouted,givinghercheekanotherpinch."It’smeownneck,soitis.Andbesides,Missy,whatareyoudoingoutherewithoutyourshawl?" 

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