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Chapter 60

           Helookedatheroutofblackblankeyesthatmadenoopportunityforhertospeak.Andapologies,oncepostponed,becameharderandhardertomake,andfinallyimpossible.

           Shewonderedwhythisshouldbe.Rhettwasherhusbandandbetweenthemtherewastheunbreakablebondoftwopeoplewhohavesharedthesamebed,begottenandbornealovedchildandseenthatchild,toosoon,laidawayinthedark.Onlyinthearmsofthefatherofthatchildcouldshefindcomfort,intheexchangeofmemoriesandgriefthatmighthurtatfirstbutwouldhelptoheal.But,now,asmattersstoodbetweenthem,shewouldassoongotothearmsofacompletestranger.

           Hewasseldomathome.Whentheydidsitdowntosuppertogether,hewasusuallydrunk.Hewasnotdrinkingashehadformerly,becomingincreasinglymorepolishedandbitingastheliquortookholdofhim,sayingamusing,maliciousthingsthatmadeherlaughinspiteofherself.Nowhewassilently,moroselydrunkand,astheeveningsprogressed,soddenlydrunk.Sometimes,intheearlyhoursofthedawn,sheheardhimrideintothebackyardandbeatonthedooroftheservants’housesothatPorkmighthelphimupthebackstairsandputhimtobed.Puthimtobed!Rhettwhohadalwaysdrunkothersunderthetablewithoutturningahairandthenputthemtobed.

           Hewasuntidynow,whereoncehehadbeenwellgroomed,andittookallPork’sscandalizedarguingeventomakehimchangehislinenbeforesupper.

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