Chapter 59

           Therewasnodoubtinanyone’smindthatBonnieButlerwasrunningwildandneededafirmhandbutshewassogeneralafavoritethatnoonehadthehearttoattemptthenecessaryfirmness.Shehadfirstgottenoutofcontrolthemonthswhenshetraveledwithherfather.WhenshehadbeenwithRhettinNewOrleansandCharlestonshehadbeenpermittedtositupaslateasshepleasedandhadgonetosleepinhisarmsintheaters,restaurantsandatcardtables.Thereafter,nothingshortofforcewouldmakehergotobedatthesametimeastheobedientElla.Whileshehadbeenawaywithhim,Rhetthadletherwearanydressshechoseand,sincethattime,shehadgoneintotantrumswhenMammytriedtodressherindimityfrocksandpinaforesinsteadofbluetaffetaandlacecollars.

           ThereseemednowaytoregainthegroundwhichhadbeenlostwhenthechildwasawayfromhomeandlaterwhenScarletthadbeenillandatTara.AsBonniegrewolderScarletttriedtodisciplineher,triedtokeepherfrombecomingtooheadstrongandspoiled,butwithlittlesuccess.Rhettalwayssidedwiththechild,nomatterhowfoolishherdesiresorhowoutrageousherbehavior.Heencouragedhertotalkandtreatedherasanadult,listeningtoheropinionswithapparentseriousnessandpretendingtobeguidedbythem.Asaresult,Bonnieinterruptedherelderswhenevershepleasedandcontradictedherfatherandputhiminhisplace.HeonlylaughedandwouldnotpermitScarletteventoslapthelittlegirl’shandbywayofreprimand.

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