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Chapter 36

           HisfrequentcallsatAuntPitty’shousewerethegreatesthumiliationofall.Frankhadalwaysdislikedhim,evenwhenhehaddonebusinesswithhimbeforethewar.HeoftencursedthedayhehadbroughtRhetttoTwelveOaksandintroducedhimtohisfriends.Hedespisedhimforthecold-bloodedwayhehadactedinhisspeculationsduringthewarandforthefactthathehadnotbeeninthearmy.Rhett’seightmonths’servicewiththeConfederacywasknownonlytoScarlett,forRhetthadbeggedher,withmockfear,nottorevealhis"shame"toanyone.MostofallFrankhadcontemptforhimforholdingontotheConfederategold,whenhonestmenlikeAdmiralBullochandothersconfrontedwiththesamesituationhadturnedbackthousandstotheFederaltreasury.ButwhetherFranklikeditornot,Rhettwasafrequentcaller.

           OstensiblyitwasMissPittyhecametoseeandshehadnobettersensethantobelieveitandgiveherselfairsoverhisvisits.ButFrankhadanuncomfortablefeelingthatMissPittywasnottheattractionwhichbroughthim.LittleWadewasveryfondofhim,thoughtheboywasshyofmostpeople,andevencalledhim"UncleRhett,"whichannoyedFrank.AndFrankcouldnothelprememberingthatRhetthadsquiredScarlettaboutduringthewardaysandtherehadbeentalkaboutthemthen.Heimaginedtheremightbeevenworsetalkaboutthemnow.NoneofhisfriendshadthecouragetomentionanythingofthissorttoFrank,foralltheiroutspokenwordsonScarlett’sconductinthematterofthemill.

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