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Chapter 46

           Anditwasdoublydreadfulthathisdeathshouldoccursimultaneouslywiththediscoveryofhisinfidelity.Afterall,apoorhusbandwasbetterthannohusbandatall,andtheYankeeladiesdecidedthey’dbeextranicetoScarlett.Buttheothers,Mrs.Meade,Mrs.Merriwether,Mrs.Elsing,TommyWellburn’swidowandmostofall,Mrs.AshleyWilkes,they’dlaughintheirfaceseverytimetheysawthem.Thatwouldteachthemalittlecourtesy.

           Muchofthewhisperingthatwentoninthedarkroomsonthenorthsideoftownthatnightwasonthissamesubject.AtlantaladiesvehementlytoldtheirhusbandsthattheydidnotcarearapwhattheYankeesthought.ButinwardlytheyfeltthatrunninganIndiangantletwouldbeinfinitelypreferabletosufferingtheordealofYankeegrinsandnotbeingabletotellthetruthabouttheirhusbands.

           Dr.Meade,besidehimselfwithoutrageddignityatthepositionintowhichRhetthadjockeyedhimandtheothers,toldMrs.Meadethat,butforthefactthatitwouldimplicatetheothers,hewouldratherconfessandbehangedthansayhehadbeenatBelle’shouse.

           "Itisaninsulttoyou,Mrs.Meade,"hefumed.

           "Buteveryonewillknowyouweren’tthereforfor—"

           "TheYankeeswon’tknow.They’llhavetobelieveitifwesaveournecks.Andthey’lllaugh.Theverythoughtthatanyonewillbelieveitandlaughinfuriatesme.Anditinsultsyoubecausemydear,Ihavealwaysbeenfaithfultoyou."

           "Iknowthat,"andinthedarknessMrs.Meadesmiledandslippedathinhandintothedoctor’s.

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