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Chapter 6

           Scarlett’seyessearchedthecrowdforAshley,evenwhileshemadepleasantsmalltalkwithJohnWilkes,buthewasnotontheporch.TherewerecriesofgreetingfromadozenvoicesandStuartandBrentTarletonmovedtowardher.TheMunroegirlsrusheduptoexclaimoverherdress,andshewasspeedilythecenterofacircleofvoicesthatrosehigherandhigherineffortstobeheardabovethedin.ButwherewasAshley?AndMelanieandCharles?Shetriednottobeobviousasshelookedaboutandpeereddownthehallintothelaughinggroupinside.

           Asshechatteredandlaughedandcastquickglancesintothehouseandtheyard,hereyesfellonastranger,standingaloneinthehall,staringatherinacoolimpertinentwaythatbroughtherupsharplywithamingledfeelingoffemininepleasurethatshehadattractedamanandanembarrassedsensationthatherdresswastoolowinthebosom.Helookedquiteold,atleastthirty-five.Hewasatallmanandpowerfullybuilt.Scarlettthoughtshehadneverseenamanwithsuchwideshoulders,soheavywithmuscles,almosttooheavyforgentility.Whenhereyecaughthis,hesmiled,showinganimal-whiteteethbelowaclose-clippedblackmustache.Hewasdarkofface,swarthyasapirate,andhiseyeswereasboldandblackasanypirate’sappraisingagalleontobescuttledoramaidentoberavished.Therewasacoolrecklessnessinhisfaceandacynicalhumorinhismouthashesmiledather,andScarlettcaughtherbreath.Shefeltthatsheshouldbeinsultedbysuchalookandwasannoyedwithherselfbecauseshedidnotfeelinsulted.Shedidnotknowwhohecouldbe,buttherewasundeniablyalookofgoodbloodinhisdarkface.Itshowedinthethinhawknoseoverthefullredlips,thehighforeheadandthewide-seteyes.

           Shedraggedhereyesawayfromhiswithoutsmilingback,andheturnedassomeonecalled:"Rhett!RhettButler!Comehere!IwantyoutomeetthemosthardheartedgirlinGeorgia."

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