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Chapter 6

           ShetooknewcourageatthisthoughtandredoubledhereffortsinthedirectionofCharles,whosebrowneyesgloweddowneagerlyather.ItwasawonderfuldayforCharles,adreamday,andhehadfalleninlovewithScarlettwithnoeffortatall.Beforethisnewemotion,Honeyrecededintoadimhaze.Honeywasashrill-voicedsparrowandScarlettagleaminghummingbird.Sheteasedhimandfavoredhimandaskedhimquestionsandansweredthemherself,sothatheappearedverycleverwithouthavingtosayaword.Theotherboyswerepuzzledandannoyedbyherobviousinterestinhim,fortheyknewCharleswastooshytohitchtwoconsecutivewordstogether,andpolitenesswasbeingseverelystrainedtoconcealtheirgrowingrage.Everyonewassmoldering,anditwouldhavebeenapositivetriumphforScarlett,exceptforAshley.

           Whenthelastforkfulofporkandchickenandmuttonhadbeeneaten,ScarletthopedthetimehadcomewhenIndiawouldriseandsuggestthattheladiesretiretothehouse.Itwastwoo’clockandthesunwaswarmoverhead,butIndia,weariedwiththethree-daypreparationsforthebarbecue,wasonlytoogladtoremainsittingbeneaththearbor,shoutingremarkstoadeafoldgentlemanfromFayetteville.

           Alazysomnolencedescendedonthecrowd.Thenegroesidledabout,clearingthelongtablesonwhichthefoodhadbeenlaid.Thelaughterandtalkingbecamelessanimatedandgroupshereandtherefellsilent.Allwerewaitingfortheirhostesstosignaltheendofthemorning’sfestivities.Palmettofanswerewaggingmoreslowly,andseveralgentlemenwerenoddingfromtheheatandoverloadedstomachs.Thebarbecuewasoverandallwerecontenttotaketheireasewhilesunwasatitsheight.

           Inthisintervalbetweenthemorningpartyandtheevening’sball,theyseemedaplacid,peacefullot.

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