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Chapter 5

           Shecreditedherhorses,especiallyherredmare,Nellie,withhumanintelligence;andifthecaresofthehousekeptherbusybeyondthetimewhensheexpectedtotakeherdailyride,sheputthesugarbowlinthehandsofsomesmallpickaninnyandsaid:"GiveNellieahandfulandtellherI’llbeoutterrectly."

           Exceptonrareoccasionsshealwaysworeherridinghabit,forwhethersherodeornotshealwaysexpectedtorideandinthatexpectationputonherhabituponarising.Eachmorning,rainorshine,Nelliewassaddledandwalkedupanddowninfrontofthehouse,waitingforthetimewhenMrs.Tarletoncouldspareanhourawayfromherduties.ButFairhillwasadifficultplantationtomanageandsparetimehardtoget,andmoreoftenthannotNelliewalkedupanddownriderlesshourafterhour,whileBeatriceTarletonwentthroughthedaywiththeskirtofherhabitabsentlyloopedoverherarmandsixinchesofshiningbootshowingbelowit.

           Today,dressedindullblacksilkoverunfashionablynarrowhoops,shestilllookedasthoughinherhabit,forthedresswasasseverelytailoredasherridingcostumeandthesmallblackhatwithitslongblackplumeperchedoveronewarm,twinkling,browneyewasareplicaofthebatteredoldhatsheusedforhunting.

           ShewavedherwhipwhenshesawGeraldanddrewherdancingpairofredhorsestoahalt,andthefourgirlsinthebackofthecarriageleanedoutandgavesuchvociferouscriesofgreetingthattheteamprancedinalarm.ToacasualobserveritwouldseemthatyearshadpassedsincetheTarletonshadseentheO’Haras,insteadofonlytwodays.Buttheywereasociablefamilyandlikedtheirneighbors,especiallytheO’Haragirls.Thatis,theylikedSuellenandCarreen.NogirlintheCounty,withthepossibleexceptionoftheempty-headedCathleenCalvert,reallylikedScarlett.

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