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Chapter 41

           Fontainehadsaidanotherchildwouldcostherherlife.So,onlyhalfresignedtoherfate,shespentmostofhertimewithScarlett,vicariouslyenjoyingapregnancynotherown.ToScarlett,scarcelywantinghercomingchildandirritatedatitsuntimeliness,thisattitudeseemedtheheightofsentimentalstupidity.Butshehadaguiltysenseofpleasurethatthedoctors’edicthadmadeimpossibleanyrealintimacybetweenAshleyandhiswife.

           ScarlettsawAshleyfrequentlynowbutsheneversawhimalone.Hecamebythehouseeverynightonhiswayhomefromthemilltoreportontheday’swork,butFrankandPittywereusuallypresentor,worsestill,MelanieandIndia.Shecouldonlyaskbusinesslikequestionsandmakesuggestionsandthensay:"Itwasniceofyoutocomeby.Goodnight."

           Ifonlyshewasn’thavingababy!HerewasaGod-givenopportunitytorideouttothemillwithhimeverymorning,throughthelonelywoods,farfrompryingeyes,wheretheycouldimaginethemselvesbackintheCountyagainintheunhurrieddaysbeforethewar.

           No,shewouldn’ttrytomakehimsayonewordoflove!Shewouldn’trefertoloveinanyway.She’dswornanoathtoherselfthatshewouldneverdothatagain.But,perhapsifshewerealonewithhimoncemore,hemightdropthatmaskofimpersonalcourtesyhehadwornsincecomingtoAtlanta.Perhapshemightbehisoldselfagain,betheAshleyshehadknownbeforethebarbecue,beforeanywordoflovehadbeenspokenbetweenthem.

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