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Chapter 32

           "Isaidsometerriblethingstohimthatnightwhenhedesertedusontheroad,butIcanmakehimforgetthem,"shethoughtcontemptuously,stillsureofherpowertocharm."Butterwon’tmeltinmymouthwhenI’maroundhim.I’llmakehimthinkIalwayslovedhimandwasjustupsetandfrightenedthatnight.Oh,menaresoconceitedthey’llbelieveanythingthatflattersthem....Imustneverlethimdreamwhatstraitswe’rein,nottillI’vegothim.Oh,hemustn’tknow!Ifheevensuspectedhowpoorweare,he’dknowitwashismoneyIwantedandnothimself.Afterall,there’snowayhecouldknow,forevenAuntPittydoesn’tknowtheworst.AndafterI’vemarriedhim,he’llhavetohelpus.Hecan’tlethiswife’speoplestarve."

           Hiswife.Mrs.RhettButler.Somethingofrepulsion,burieddeepbeneathhercoldthinking,stirredfaintlyandthenwasstilled.SherememberedtheembarrassinganddisgustingeventsofherbriefhoneymoonwithCharles,hisfumblinghands,hisawkwardness,hisincomprehensibleemotionsandWadeHampton.

           "Iwon’tthinkaboutitnow.I’llbotheraboutitafterI’vemarriedhim...."

           Aftershehadmarriedhim.Memoryrangabell.Achillwentdownherspine.SherememberedagainthatnightonAuntPitty’sporch,rememberedhowsheaskedhimifhewasproposingtoher,rememberedhowhatefullyhehadlaughedandsaid:"Mydear,I’mnotamarryingman."

           Supposehewasstillnotamarryingman.Supposedespiteallhercharmsandwiles,herefusedtomarryher.

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