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Chapter 5

           Hewashappy,pleasantlyexcitedovertheprospectofspendingthedayshoutingabouttheYankeesandthewar,andproudofhisthreeprettydaughtersintheirbrightspreadinghoopskirtsbeneathfoolishlittlelaceparasols.HegavenothoughttohisconversationofthedaybeforewithScarlett,forithadcompletelyslippedhismind.Heonlythoughtthatshewasprettyandagreatcredittohimandthat,today,hereyeswereasgreenasthehillsofIreland.Thelastthoughtmadehimthinkbetterofhimself,forithadacertainpoeticringtoit,andsohefavoredthegirlswithaloudandslightlyoff-keyrenditionof"TheWearin’o’theGreen."

           Scarlett,lookingathimwiththeaffectionatecontemptthatmothersfeelforsmallswaggeringsons,knewthathewouldbeverydrunkbysundown.Cominghomeinthedark,hewouldtry,asusual,tojumpeveryfencebetweenTwelveOaksandTaraand,shehoped,bythemercyofProvidenceandthegoodsenseofhishorse,wouldescapebreakinghisneck.Hewoulddisdainthebridgeandswimhishorsethroughtheriverandcomehomeroaring,tobeputtobedonthesofaintheofficebyPorkwhoalwayswaitedupwithalampinthefronthallonsuchoccasions.

           Hewouldruinhisnewgraybroadclothsuit,whichwouldcausehimtoswearhorriblyinthemorningandtellEllenatgreatlengthhowhishorsefelloffthebridgeinthedarknessapalpableliewhichwouldfoolnoonebutwhichwouldbeacceptedbyallandmakehimfeelveryclever.

           Paisasweet,selfish,irresponsibledarling,Scarlettthought,withasurgeofaffectionforhim.Shefeltsoexcitedandhappythismorningthatsheincludedthewholeworld,aswellasGerald,inheraffection.Shewasprettyandsheknewit;shewouldhaveAshleyforherownbeforethedaywasover;thesunwaswarmandtenderandthegloryoftheGeorgiaspringwasspreadbeforehereyes.

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