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Chapter 62

           AttheendoftheroadtoTarashehadfoundsecuritygone,allstrength,allwisdom,alllovingtenderness,allunderstandinggoneallthosethingswhich,embodiedinEllen,hadbeenthebulwarkofhergirlhood.And,thoughshehadwonmaterialsafetysincethatnight,inherdreamsshewasstillafrightenedchild,searchingforthelostsecurityofthatlostworld.

           Nowsheknewthehavenshehadsoughtindreams,theplaceofwarmsafetywhichhadalwaysbeenhiddenfromherinthemist.ItwasnotAshleyoh,neverAshley!Therewasnomorewarmthinhimthaninamarshlight,nomoresecuritythaninquicksand.ItwasRhettRhettwhohadstrongarmstoholdher,abroadchesttopillowhertiredhead,jeeringlaughtertopullheraffairsintoproperperspective.Andcompleteunderstanding,becausehe,likeher,sawtruthastruth,unobstructedbyimpracticalnotionsofhonor,sacrifice,orhighbeliefinhumannature.Helovedher!Whyhadn’tsherealizedthathelovedher,forallhistauntingremarkstothecontrary?Melaniehadseenitandwithherlastbreathhadsaid,"Bekindtohim."

           "Oh,"shethought,"Ashley’snottheonlystupidlyblindperson.Ishouldhaveseen."

           ForyearsshehadhadherbackagainstthestonewallofRhett’sloveandhadtakenitasmuchforgrantedasshehadtakenMelanie’slove,flatteringherselfthatshedrewherstrengthfromherselfalone.

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