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Chapter 55

           Financesatthered-brickhousewouldhavebeeninadeplorablestate,butforUncleHenry’sintervention,andithumiliatedPittytotakemoneyfromhim.

           PittylovedMelaniebetterthananyoneintheworld,exceptherself,andnowMellyactedlikeacool,politestranger.ThoughshepracticallylivedinPitty’sbackyard,sheneveroncecamethroughthehedgeandsheusedtoruninandoutadozentimesaday.Pittycalledonherandweptandprotestedherloveanddevotion,butMelaniealwaysrefusedtodiscussmattersandneverreturnedthecalls.

           PittyknewverywellwhatsheowedScarlettalmostherveryexistence.CertainlyinthoseblackdaysafterthewarwhenPittywasfacedwiththealternativeofBrotherHenryorstarvation,Scarletthadkeptherhomeforher,fedher,clothedherandenabledhertoholdupherheadinAtlantasociety.AndsinceScarletthadmarriedandmovedintoherownhome,shehadbeengenerosityitself.AndthatfrighteningfascinatingCaptainButlerfrequentlyafterhecalledwithScarlett,Pittyfoundbrand-newpursesstuffedwithbillsonherconsoletableorlacehandkerchiefsknottedaboutgoldpieceswhichhadbeenslylyslippedintohersewingbox.Rhettalwaysvowedheknewnothingaboutthemandaccusedher,inaveryunrefinedway,ofhavingasecretadmirer,usuallythebe-whiskeredGrandpaMerriwether.

           Yes,PittyowedlovetoMelanie,securitytoScarlett,andwhatdidsheoweIndia?Nothing,exceptthatIndia’spresencekeptherfromhavingtobreakupherpleasantlifeandmakedecisionsforherself

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