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Chapter 53

           Youhadonlittlegreenslipperswithblacklacingsandanenormousleghornhatwithlonggreenstreamers.IknowthatdressbyheartbecausewhenIwasinprisonandthingsgottoobad,I’dtakeoutmymemoriesandthumbthemoverlikepictures,recallingeverylittledetail—"

           Hestoppedabruptlyandtheeagerlightfadedfromhisface.Hedroppedherhandsgentlyandshesatwaiting,waitingforhisnextwords.

           "We’vecomealongway,bothofus,sincethatday,haven’twe,Scarlett?We’vetraveledroadsweneverexpectedtotravel.You’vecomeswiftly,directly,andI,slowlyandreluctantly."

           Hesatdownonthetableagainandlookedatherandasmallsmilecreptbackintohisface.Butitwasnotthesmilethathadmadehersohappysoshortawhilebefore.Itwasableaksmile.

           "Yes,youcameswiftly,draggingmeatyourchariotwheels.Scarlett,sometimesIhaveanimpersonalcuriosityastowhatwouldhavehappenedtomewithoutyou."

           Scarlettwentquicklytodefendhimfromhimself,morequicklybecausetreacherouslythererosetohermindRhett’swordsonthissamesubject.

           "ButI’veneverdoneanythingforyou,Ashley.Withoutme,you’dhavebeenjustthesame.Someday,you’dhavebeenarichman,agreatmanlikeyouaregoingtobe."

           "No,Scarlett,theseedsofgreatnesswereneverinme.Ithinkthatifithadn’tbeenforyou,I’dhavegonedownintooblivionlikepoorCathleenCalvertandsomanyotherpeoplewhooncehadgreatnames,oldnames."

           "Oh,Ashley,don’ttalklikethat.Yousoundsosad."

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