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Chapter 58

           Sometimesitwashardtosmilewhenpeoplesaid:"HowCaptainButleridolizesthatchild!"But,ifshedidnotsmile,peoplewouldthinkitstrangeandScarletthatedtoacknowledge,eventoherself,thatshewasjealousofalittlegirl,especiallywhenthatlittlegirlwasherfavoritechild.ScarlettalwayswantedtobefirstintheheartsofthosearoundheranditwasobviousnowthatRhettandBonniewouldalwaysbefirstwitheachother.

           Rhettwasoutlatemanynightsbuthecamehomesoberonthesenights.Oftensheheardhimwhistlingsoftlytohimselfashewentdownthehallpasthercloseddoor.Sometimesmencamehomewithhiminthelatehoursandsattalkinginthediningroomaroundthebrandydecanter.Theywerenotthesamemenwithwhomhehaddrunkthefirstyeartheyweremarried.NorichCarpetbaggers,noScallawags,noRepublicanscametothehousenowathisinvitation.Scarlett,creepingontiptoetothebanisteroftheupstairshall,listenedand,toheramazement,frequentlyheardthevoicesofRenePicard,HughElsing,theSimmonsboysandAndyBonnell.AndalwaysGrandpaMerriwetherandUncleHenrywerethere.Once,toherastonishment,sheheardthetonesofDr.Meade.AndthesemenhadoncethoughthangingtoogoodforRhett!

           ThisgroupwasalwayslinkedinhermindwithFrank’sdeath,andthelatehoursRhettkeptthesedaysremindedherstillmoreofthetimesprecedingtheKlanforaywhenFranklosthislife.

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