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Chapter 55

           But,questionedIndia’sadherents,ifScarlettisn’tguilty,whereisCaptainButler?Whyisn’thehereathiswife’sside,lendingherthestrengthofhiscountenance?Thatwasanunanswerablequestionand,astheweekswentbyandtherumorspreadthatScarlettwaspregnant,thepro-Indiagroupnoddedwithsatisfaction.Itcouldn’tbeCaptainButler’sbaby,theysaid.Fortoolongthefactoftheirestrangementhadbeenpublicproperty.Fortoolongthetownhadbeenscandalizedbytheseparatebedrooms.

           Sothegossipran,tearingthetownapart,tearingapart,too,theclose-knitclanofHamiltons,Wilkeses,Burrs,WhitemansandWinfields.Everyoneinthefamilyconnectionwasforcedtotakesides.Therewasnoneutralground.MelaniewithcooldignityandIndiawithacidbitternesssawtothat.Butnomatterwhichsidetherelativestook,theyallwereresentfulthatScarlettshouldhavebeenthecauseofthefamilybreach.Noneofthemthoughtherworthit.Andnomatterwhichsidetheytook,therelativesheartilydeploredthefactthatIndiahadtakenituponherselftowashthefamilydirtylinensopubliclyandinvolveAshleyinsodegradingascandal.Butnowthatshehadspoken,manyrushedtoherdefenseandtookhersideagainstScarlett,evenasothers,lovingMelanie,stoodbyherandScarlett.

           HalfofAtlantawaskintoorclaimedkinwithMelanieandIndia.Theramificationsofcousins,doublecousins,cousins-inlawandkissingcousinsweresointricateandinvolvedthatnoonebutabornGeorgiancouldeverunravelthem.

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