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Chapter 2

           Hefeltaggrieved,moreover,thatScarlettshouldstilllookdesolateafterbeingofferedthebestoftheCountyboysandTara,too.Geraldlikedhisgiftstobereceivedwithclappingofhandsandkisses. 

           "Now,noneofyourpouts,Miss.Itdoesn’tmatterwhoyoumarry,aslongashethinkslikeyouandisagentlemanandaSouthernerandprideful.Forawoman,lovecomesaftermarriage." 

           "Oh,Pa,that’ssuchanOldCountrynotion!" 

           "Andagoodnotionitis!AllthisAmericanbusinessofrunningaroundmarryingforlove,likeservants,likeYankees!Thebestmarriagesarewhentheparentschooseforthegirl.Forhowcanasillypiecelikeyourselftellagoodmanfromascoundrel?Now,lookattheWilkes.What’skeptthempridefulandstrongallthesegenerations?Why,marryingthelikesofthemselves,marryingthecousinstheirfamilyalwaysexpectsthemtomarry." 

           "Oh,"criedScarlett,freshpainstrikingherasGerald’swordsbroughthometheterribleinevitabilityofthetruth. 

           Geraldlookedatherbowedheadandshuffledhisfeetuneasily. 

           "It’snotcryingyouare?"hequestioned,fumblingclumsilyatherchin,tryingtoturnherfaceupward,hisownfacefurrowedwithpity. 

           "No,"shecriedvehemently,jerkingaway. 

           "It’slyingyouare,andI’mproudofit.I’mgladthere’sprideinyou,Puss.AndIwanttoseeprideinyoutomorrowatthebarbecue. 

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