Chapter 48

           Shedidhavefun,morefunthanshehadhadsincethespringbeforethewar.NewOrleanswassuchastrange,glamorousplaceandScarlettenjoyeditwiththeheadlongpleasureofapardonedlifeprisoner.TheCarpetbaggerswerelootingthetown,manyhonestfolkweredrivenfromtheirhomesanddidnotknowwheretolookfortheirnextmeal,andanegrosatinthelieutenantgovernor’schair.ButtheNewOrleansRhettshowedherwasthegayestplaceshehadeverseen.Thepeopleshemetseemedtohaveallthemoneytheywantedandnocaresatall.Rhettintroducedhertodozensofwomen,prettywomeninbrightgowns,womenwhohadsofthandsthatshowednosignsofhardwork,womenwholaughedateverythingandnevertalkedofstupidseriousthingsorhardtimes.Andthemenshemethowthrillingtheywere!AndhowdifferentfromAtlantamenandhowtheyfoughttodancewithher,andpaidherthemostextravagantcomplimentsasthoughshewereayoungbelle.

           ThesemenhadthesamehardrecklesslookRhettwore.Theireyeswerealwaysalert,likemenwhohavelivedtoolongwithdangertobeeverquitecareless.Theyseemedtohavenopastsorfutures,andtheypolitelydiscouragedScarlettwhen,tomakeconversation,sheaskedwhatorwheretheywerebeforetheycametoNewOrleans.That,initself,wasstrange,forinAtlantaeveryrespectablenewcomerhastenedtopresenthiscredentials,totellproudlyofhishomeandfamily,totracethetortuousmazesofrelationshipthatstretchedovertheentireSouth.

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