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Chapter 51

           Well,shecouldunderstandthat.Ifitwasn’tfortheknowledgethathisrelationswithMelaniewere,necessarily,thoseofbrotherandsister,herownlifewouldbeatorment.AndRhett’sembracescoarsenedher,brutalizedher!Well,ifAshleythoughtthat,shecoulddoverywellwithoutthoseembraces.Shethoughthowsweetandromanticitwouldbeforthembothtobephysicallytruetoeachother,eventhoughmarriedtootherpeople.Theideapossessedherimaginationandshetookpleasureinit.Andthen,too,therewasthepracticalsideofit.Itwouldmeanthatshewouldnothavetohaveanymorechildren.

           Whenshereachedhomeanddismissedthecarriage,someoftheexaltationwhichhadfilledheratAshley’swordsbegantofadeasshefacedtheprospectoftellingRhettthatshewantedseparatebedroomsandallwhichthatimplied.Itwouldbedifficult.Moreover,howcouldshetellAshleythatshehaddeniedherselftoRhett,becauseofhiswishes?Whatearthlygoodwasasacrificeifnooneknewaboutit?Whataburdenmodestyanddelicacywere!IfshecouldonlytalktoAshleyasfranklyasshecouldtoRhett!Well,nomatter.She’dinsinuatethetruthtoAshleysomehow.

           Shewentupthestairsand,openingthenurserydoor,foundRhettsittingbesideBonnie’scribwithEllauponhislapandWadedisplayingthecontentsofhispockettohim.WhatablessingRhettlikedchildrenandmademuchofthem!Somestepfathersweresobitteraboutchildrenofformermarriages.

           "Iwanttotalktoyou,"shesaidandpassedonintotheirbedroom.

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