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Chapter 5

           Alongtheroadsidetheblackberrybrambleswereconcealingwithsoftestgreenthesavageredgulchescutbythewinter’srains,andthebaregraniteboulderspushingupthroughtheredearthwerebeingdrapedwithspranglesofCherokeerosesandcompassedaboutbywildvioletsofpalestpurplehue.Uponthewoodedhillsabovetheriver,thedogwoodblossomslayglisteningandwhite,asifsnowstilllingeredamongthegreenery.Thefloweringcrabtreeswereburstingtheirbudsandriotingfromdelicatewhitetodeepestpinkand,beneaththetreeswherethesunshinedappledthepinestraw,thewildhoneysucklemadeavaricoloredcarpetofscarletandorangeandrose.Therewasafaintwildfragranceofsweetshrubonthebreezeandtheworldsmelledgoodenoughtoeat.

           "I’llrememberhowbeautifulthisdayistillIdie,"thoughtScarlett."Perhapsitwillbemyweddingday!"

           AndshethoughtwithatinglinginherhearthowsheandAshleymightrideswiftlythroughthisbeautyofblossomandgreenerythisveryafternoon,ortonightbymoonlight,towardJonesboroandapreacher.Ofcourse,shewouldhavetoberemarriedbyapriestfromAtlanta,butthatwouldbesomethingforEllenandGeraldtoworryabout.ShequailedalittleasshethoughthowwhitewithmortificationEllenwouldbeathearingthatherdaughterhadelopedwithanothergirl’sfiance,butsheknewEllenwouldforgiveherwhenshesawherhappiness.AndGeraldwouldscoldandbawlbut,forallhisremarksofyesterdayaboutnotwantinghertomarryAshley,hewouldbepleasedbeyondwordsatanalliancebetweenhisfamilyandtheWilkes.

           "Butthat’llbesomethingtoworryaboutafterI’mmarried,"shethought,tossingtheworryfromher.

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