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Chapter 6

           Theladieswerepinkwithblushes.Mr.McRaewasareminderofacruderera,likeGrandmaFontaineandherembarrassinglyloudbelches,aneraeveryonewouldliketoforget.

           "Rungetyourgrandpa,"hissedoneoftheoldgentleman’sdaughterstoayounggirlstandingnearby."Ideclare,"shewhisperedtotheflutteringmatronsabouther,"hegetsworseeveryday.Wouldyoubelieveit,thisverymorninghesaidtoMaryandshe’sonlysixteen:‘Now,Missy...’"AndthevoicewentoffintoawhisperasthegranddaughterslippedouttotrytoinduceMr.McRaetoreturntohisseatintheshade.

           Ofallthegroupthatmilledaboutunderthetrees,girlssmilingexcitedly,mentalkingimpassionedly,therewasonlyonewhoseemedcalm.Scarlett’seyesturnedtoRhettButler,wholeanedagainstatree,hishandsshoveddeepinhistrouserpockets.Hestoodalone,sinceMr.Wilkeshadlefthisside,andhadutterednowordastheconversationgrewhotter.Theredlipsundertheclose-clippedblackmustachecurleddownandtherewasaglintofamusedcontemptinhisblackeyescontempt,asifhelistenedtothebraggingsofchildren.Averydisagreeablesmile,Scarlettthought.HelistenedquietlyuntilStuartTarleton,hisredhairtousledandhiseyesgleaming,repeated:"Why,wecouldlicktheminamonth!Gentlemenalwaysfightbetterthanrabble.Amonthwhy,onebattle"

           "Gentlemen,"saidRhettButler,inaflatdrawlthatbespokehisCharlestonbirth,notmovingfromhispositionagainstthetreeortakinghishandsfromhispockets,"mayIsayaword?"

           Therewascontemptinhismannerasinhiseyes,contemptoverlaidwithanairofcourtesythatsomehowburlesquedtheirownmanners.

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