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Chapter 41

           Melanierefusedtochange,refusedeventoadmitthattherewasanyreasontochangeinachangingworld.UnderherrooftheolddaysseemedtocomebackagainandpeopletookheartandfeltevenmorecontemptuousofthetideofwildlifeandhighlivingthatwassweepingtheCarpetbaggersandnewlyrichRepublicansalong.

           Whentheylookedintoheryoungfaceandsawtheretheinflexibleloyaltytotheolddays,theycouldforget,foramoment,thetraitorswithintheirownclasswhowerecausingfury,fearandheartbreak.Andthereweremanysuch.Thereweremenofgoodfamily,driventodesperationbypoverty,whohadgoneovertotheenemy,becomeRepublicansandacceptedpositionsfromtheconquerors,sotheirfamilieswouldnotbeoncharity.Therewereyoungex-soldierswholackedthecouragetofacethelongyearsnecessarytobuildupfortunes.Theseyoungsters,followingtheleadofRhettButler,wenthandinhandwiththeCarpetbaggersinmoney-makingschemesofunsavorykinds.

           WorstofallthetraitorswerethedaughtersofsomeofAtlanta’smostprominentfamilies.Thesegirlswhohadcometomaturitysincethesurrenderhadonlychildishmemoriesofthewarandlackedthebitternessthatanimatedtheirelders.Theyhadlostnohusbands,nolovers.TheyhadfewrecollectionsofpastwealthandsplendorandtheYankeeofficersweresohandsomeandfinelydressedandsocarefree.

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