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Chapter 56

           Thesightofhisface,old,haggardwithremorse,addedtoherload,andthefactthathismilllostmoneyeveryweekwasanextrairritantwhichshecouldnotvoice.

           Hishelplessnessinthefaceofthepresentsituationirkedher.Shedidnotknowwhathecoulddotobettermattersbutshefeltthatheshoulddosomething.Rhettwouldhavedonesomething.Rhettalwaysdidsomething,evenifitwasthewrongthing,andsheunwillinglyrespectedhimforit.

           NowthatherfirstrageatRhettandhisinsultshadpassed,shebegantomisshimandshemissedhimmoreandmoreasdayswentbywithoutnewsofhim.Outofthewelterofraptureandangerandheartbreakandhurtpridethathehadleft,depressionemergedtosituponhershoulderlikeacarrioncrow.Shemissedhim,missedhislightflippanttouchinanecdotesthatmadehershoutwithlaughter,hissardonicgrinthatreducedtroublestotheirproperproportions,missedevenhisjeersthatstunghertoangryretort.Mostofallshemissedhavinghimtotellthingsto.Rhettwassosatisfactoryinthatrespect.Shecouldrecountshamelesslyandwithpridehowshehadskinnedpeopleoutoftheireyeteethandhewouldapplaud.Andifsheevenmentionedsuchthingstootherpeopletheywereshocked.

           ShewaslonelywithouthimandBonnie.Shemissedthechildmorethanshehadthoughtpossible.RememberingthelastharshwordsRhetthadhurledatheraboutWadeandElla,shetriedtofillinsomeofheremptyhourswiththem.Butitwasnouse.

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