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Chapter 52

           AndwhenIsaid:‘CaptainButler,haveyoulostyourmindkeepingthesechildrenoutinthedamp?Whydon’tyoutakethemhome?’Andhedidn’tsayawordbutjustlookedembarrassed.ButMammyspokeupandsaid:‘Dehousefullofw’itetrashan’ithealthierferdechilluninderaindanathome!’"

           "Whatdidhesay?"

           "Whatcouldhesay?HejustscowledatMammyandpasseditover.YouknowScarlettwasgivingabigwhistpartyyesterdayafternoonwithallthosecommonordinarywomenthere.Iguesshedidn’twantthemkissinghisbaby."

           "Well!"saidMrs.Merriwether,waveringbutstillobstinate.Butthenextweekshe,too,capitulated.

           Rhettnowhadadeskinthebank.Whathedidatthisdeskthebewilderedofficialsofthebankdidnotknow,butheownedtoolargeablockofthestockforthemtoprotesthispresencethere.Afterawhiletheyforgotthattheyhadobjectedtohimforhewasquietandwellmanneredandactuallyknewsomethingaboutbankingandinvestments.Atanyratehesatathisdeskallday,givingeveryappearanceofindustry,forhewishedtobeonequaltermswithhisrespectablefellowtownsmenwhoworkedandworkedhard.

           Mrs.Merriwether,wishingtoexpandhergrowingbakery,hadtriedtoborrowtwothousanddollarsfromthebankwithherhouseassecurity.Shehadbeenrefusedbecausetherewerealreadytwomortgagesonthehouse.ThestoutoldladywasstormingoutofthebankwhenRhettstoppedher,learnedthetroubleandsaid,worriedly:"Buttheremustbesomemistake,Mrs.Merriwether.

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