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Chapter 36

           Evenatthemomentofmarriage,shehadnotgivenathoughttothefactthatthepriceshewaspayingforthesafetyofhomewaspermanentexilefromit.Nowthatthedeedwasdone,sherealizedthiswithawaveofhomesicknesshardtodispel.Butthereitwas.Shehadmadeherbargainandsheintendedtostandbyit.AndshewassogratefultoFrankforsavingTarashefeltawarmaffectionforhimandanequallywarmdeterminationthatheshouldneverregretmarryingher.

           TheladiesofAtlantaknewtheirneighbors’businessonlyslightlylesscompletelythantheyknewtheirownandwerefarmoreinterestedinit.TheyallknewthatforyearsFrankKennedyhadhadan"understanding"withSuellenO’Hara.Infact,hehadsaid,sheepishly,thatheexpectedtogetmarriedinthespring.Sothetumultofgossip,surmiseanddeepsuspicionwhichfollowedtheannouncementofhisquietweddingtoScarlettwasnotsurprising.Mrs.Merriwether,whoneverlethercuriositygolongunsatisfiedifshecouldhelpit,askedhimpoint-blankjustwhathemeantbymarryingonesisterwhenhewasbetrothedtotheother.ShereportedtoMrs.Elsingthatalltheanswershegotforherpainswasasillylook.NotevenMrs.Merriwether,doughtysoulthatshewas,daredtoapproachScarlettonthesubject.Scarlettseemeddemureandsweetenoughthesedays,buttherewasapleasedcomplacencyinhereyeswhichannoyedpeopleandshecarriedachiponhershoulderwhichnoonecaredtodisturb.

           SheknewAtlantawastalkingbutshedidnotcare.

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