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Chapter 36

           ButhecouldnothelpnoticingthatheandScarlettwerelessfrequentlyinvitedtomealsandpartiesandfewerandfewerpeoplecametocallonthem.Scarlettdislikedmostofherneighborsandwastoobusywithhermilltocareaboutseeingtheonesshedidlike,sothelackofcallsdidnotdisturbher.ButFrankfeltitkeenly.

           Allofhislife,Frankhadbeenunderthedominationofthephrase"Whatwilltheneighborssay?"andhewasdefenselessagainsttheshocksofhiswife’srepeateddisregardoftheproprieties.HefeltthateveryonedisapprovedofScarlettandwascontemptuousofhimforpermittingherto"unsexherself."Shedidsomanythingsahusbandshouldnotpermit,accordingtohisviews,butifheorderedhertostopthem,arguedorevencriticized,astormbrokeonhishead.

           "My!My!"hethoughthelplessly."ShecangetmadquickerandstaymadlongerthananywomanIeversaw!"

           Evenatthetimeswhenthingsweremostpleasant,itwasamazinghowcompletelyandhowquicklytheteasing,affectionatewifewhohummedtoherselfasshewentaboutthehousecouldbetransformedintoanentirelydifferentperson.Hehadonlytosay:"Sugar,ifIwereyou,Iwouldn’t"andthetempestwouldbreak.

           HerblackbrowsrushedtogethertomeetinasharpangleoverhernoseandFrankcowered,almostvisibly.ShehadthetemperofaTartarandtheragesofawildcatand,atsuchtimes,shedidnotseemtocarewhatshesaidorhowmuchithurt.Cloudsofgloomhungoverthehouseonsuchoccasions.

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