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Chapter 32

           Rhettlikedwomenwhowerewelldressed,fashionablydressed.Sherememberedwithlongingtheflouncedgreendressshehadwornwhenshefirstcameoutofmourning,thedresssheworewiththegreenplumedbonnethehadbroughtherandsherecalledtheapprovingcomplimentshehadpaidher.Sheremembered,too,withhatesharpenedbyenvytheredplaiddress,thered-toppedbootswithtasselsandthepancakehatofEmmieSlattery.Theyweregaudybuttheywerenewandfashionableandcertainlytheycaughttheeye.And,oh,howshewantedtocatchtheeye!EspeciallytheeyeofRhettButler!Ifheshouldseeherinheroldclothes,he’dknoweverythingwaswrongatTara.Andhemustnotknow.

           WhatafoolshehadbeentothinkshecouldgotoAtlantaandhavehimfortheasking,shewithherscrawnyneckandhungrycateyesandraggedydress!Ifshehadn’tbeenabletopryaproposalfromhimattheheightofherbeauty,whenshehadherprettiestclothes,howcouldsheexpecttogetonenowwhenshewasuglyanddressedtackily?IfMissPitty’sstorywastrue,hemusthavemoremoneythananyoneinAtlantaandprobablyhadhispickofalltheprettyladies,goodandbad.Well,shethoughtgrimly,I’vegotsomethingthatmostprettyladieshaven’tgotandthat’samindthat’smadeup.AndifIhadjustonenicedress

           Therewasn’tanicedressinTaraoradresswhichhadn’tbeenturnedtwiceandmended.

           "That’sthat,"shethought,disconsolatelylookingdownatthefloor.

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