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Chapter 46

           SympathyranhighforFanny,Tommy’swife,whohadjusthadababy,butnoonecouldslipthroughthedarknesstoseeherandcomfortherbecauseasquadofYankeessurroundedthehouse,waitingforTommytoreturn.AndtherewasanothersquadaboutAuntPitty’shouse,waitingforFrank.

           Beforedawnthenewshadtrickledaboutthatthemilitaryinquirywouldtakeplacethatday.Thetownspeople,heavyeyedfromsleeplessnessandanxiouswaiting,knewthatthesafetyofsomeoftheirmostprominentcitizensrestedonthreethingstheabilityofAshleyWilkestostandonhisfeetandappearbeforethemilitaryboard,asthoughhesufferednothingmoreseriousthanamorning-afterheadache,thewordofBelleWatlingthatthesemenhadbeeninherhousealleveningandthewordofRhettButlerthathehadbeenwiththem.

           Thetownwrithedattheselasttwo!BelleWatling!Toowetheirmen’slivestoher!Itwasintolerable!WomenwhohadostentatiouslycrossedthestreetwhentheysawBellecoming,wonderedifsherememberedandtrembledforfearshedid.ThemenfeltlesshumiliationattakingtheirlivesfromBellethanthewomendid,formanyofthemthoughtheragoodsort.ButtheywerestungthattheymustowelivesandfreedomtoRhettButler,aspeculatorandaScallawag.BelleandRhett,thetown’sbest-knownfancywomanandthetown’smosthatedman.Andtheymustbeunderobligationtothem.

           AnotherthoughtthatstungthemtoimpotentwrathwastheknowledgethattheYankeesandCarpetbaggerswouldlaugh.

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