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Chapter 48

           TheSwissareaveryintelligentraceandkeenlyalivetoarchitecturalbeauty.Doyoureallywantahouselikethat?"

           "Oh,yes!"

           "Ihadhopedthatassociationwithmemightimproveyourtaste.WhynotaCreolehouseoraColonialwithsixwhitecolumns?"

           "ItellyouIdon’twantanythingtackyandold-fashionedlooking.Andinsidelet’shaveredwallpaperandredvelvetportieresoverallthefoldingdoorsandoh,lotsofexpensivewalnutfurnitureandgrandthickcarpetsandoh,Rhett,everybodywillbepeagreenwhentheyseeourhouse!"

           "Itisverynecessarythateveryoneshallbeenvious?Well,ifyouliketheyshallbegreen.But,Scarlett,hasitoccurredtoyouthatit’shardlyingoodtastetofurnishthehouseonsolavishascalewheneveryoneissopoor?"

           "Iwantitthatway,"shesaidobstinately."Iwanttomakeeverybodywho’sbeenmeantomefeelbad.Andwe’llgivebigreceptionsthat’llmakethewholetownwishtheyhadn’tsaidsuchnastythings."

           "Butwhowillcometoourreceptions?"

           "Why,everybody,ofcourse."

           "Idoubtit.TheOldGuarddiesbutitneversurrenders."

           "Oh,Rhett,howyourunon!Ifyou’vegotmoney,peoplealwayslikeyou."

           "NotSoutherners.It’sharderforspeculators’moneytogetintothebestparlorsthanforthecameltogothroughtheneedle’seye.AndasforScallawagsthat’syouandme,mypetwe’llbeluckyifwearen’tspitupon.Butifyou’dliketotry,I’llbackyou,mydear,andI’msureIshallenjoyyourcampaignintensely.

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