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Chapter 34

           "Youlookbeautifulinballdresses,mydear,andyouknowittoo,worseluck!IsupposetherealreasonyouaregoingvisitingisthatyouhaverunthroughtheCountyswainsandareseekingfreshonesinfieldsafar."

           ScarletthadathankfulthoughtthatRhetthadspentthelastseveralmonthsabroadandhadonlyrecentlycomebacktoAtlanta.Otherwise,hewouldneverhavemadesoridiculousastatement.ShethoughtbrieflyoftheCountyswains,theraggedembitteredlittleFontaines,thepoverty-strickenMunroeboys,theJonesboroandFayettevillebeauxwhoweresobusyplowing,splittingrailsandnursingsickoldanimalsthattheyhadforgottensuchthingsasballsandpleasantflirtationseverexisted.Butsheputdownthismemoryandgiggledself-consciouslyasifadmittingthetruthofhisassertion.

           "Oh,well,"shesaiddeprecatingly.

           "Youareaheartlesscreature,Scarlett,butperhapsthat’spartofyourcharm."Hesmiledinhisoldway,onecornerofhismouthcurvingdown,butsheknewhewascomplimentingher."For,ofcourse,youknowyouhavemorecharmthanthelawshouldpermit.EvenIhavefeltit,case-hardenedthoughIam.I’veoftenwonderedwhatitwasaboutyouthatmademealwaysrememberyou,forI’veknownmanyladieswhowereprettierthanyouandcertainlymorecleverand,Ifear,morallymoreuprightandkind.But,somehow,Ialwaysrememberedyou.

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