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Chapter 47

           Itwasthattheybitterlyresentedowingthemen’slivestosuchamanasRhettandtosuchanembarrassingtrick.FormonthstheyhadwrithedunderYankeelaughterandscorn,andtheladiesfeltandsaidthatifRhettreallyhadthegoodoftheKlanathearthewouldhavemanagedtheaffairinamoreseemlyfashion.TheysaidhehaddeliberatelydraggedinBelleWatlingtoputthenicepeopleofthetowninadisgracefulposition.Andsohedeservedneitherthanksforrescuingthemennorforgivenessforhispastsins.

           Thesewomen,soswifttokindness,sotendertothesorrowing,sountiringintimesofstress,couldbeasimplacableasfuriestoanyrenegadewhobrokeonesmalllawoftheirunwrittencode.Thiscodewassimple.ReverencefortheConfederacy,honortotheveterans,loyaltytooldforms,prideinpoverty,openhandstofriendsandundyinghatredtoYankees.Betweenthem,ScarlettandRhetthadoutragedeverytenetofthiscode.

           ThemenwhoselivesRhetthadsavedattempted,outofdecencyandasenseofgratitude,tokeeptheirwomensilentbuttheyhadlittlesuccess.Beforetheannouncementoftheircomingmarriage,thetwohadbeenunpopularenoughbutpeoplecouldstillbepolitetotheminaformalway.Noweventhatcoldcourtesywasnolongerpossible.Thenewsoftheirengagementcamelikeanexplosion,unexpectedandshattering,rockingthetown,andeventhemildest-manneredwomenspoketheirmindsheatedly.

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