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Chapter 2

           ButScarlettloitered,wonderinghowtobringupthesubjectofAshleywithoutpermittingGeraldtosuspecthermotive.Thiswasdifficult,forScarletthadnotasubtleboneinherbody;andGeraldwassomuchlikeherheneverfailedtopenetrateherweaksubterfuges,evenasshepenetratedhis.Andhewasseldomtactfulindoingit. 

           "HowaretheyalloveratTwelveOaks?" 

           "Aboutasusual.CadeCalvertwasthereand,afterIsettledaboutDilcey,weallsetonthegalleryandhadseveraltoddies.CadehasjustcomefromAtlanta,andit’sallupsettheyarethereandtalkingwarand" 

           Scarlettsighed.IfGeraldoncegotonthesubjectofwarandsecession,itwouldbehoursbeforeherelinquishedit.Shebrokeinwithanotherline. 

           "Didtheysayanythingaboutthebarbecuetomorrow?" 

           "NowthatIthinkofittheydid.Misswhat’s-her-namethesweetlittlethingwhowasherelastyear,youknow,Ashley’scousinoh,yes,MissMelanieHamilton,that’sthenamesheandherbrotherCharleshavealreadycomefromAtlantaand" 

           "Oh,soshedidcome?" 

           "Shedid,andasweetquietthingsheis,withneverawordtosayforherself,likeawomanshouldbe.Comenow,daughter,don’tlag.Yourmotherwillbehuntingforus." 

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