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Chapter 1

           Thereafter,whentheytalkeditover,theyalwayswonderedjustwhytheyhadfailedtonoticeScarlett’scharmsbefore. Theyneverarrivedatthecorrectanswer,whichwasthatScarlettonthatdayhaddecidedtomakethemnotice. Shewasconstitutionallyunabletoendureanymanbeinginlovewithanywomannotherself,andthesightofIndiaWilkesandStuartatthespeakinghadbeentoomuchforherpredatorynature. NotcontentwithStuartalone,shehadsethercapforBrentaswell,andwithathoroughnessthatoverwhelmedthetwoofthem. 

           Nowtheywerebothinlovewithher,andIndiaWilkesandLettyMunroe,fromLovejoy,whomBrenthadbeenhalf-heartedlycourting,werefarinthebackoftheirminds. Justwhattheloserwoulddo,shouldScarlettaccepteitheroneofthem,thetwinsdidnotask. Theywouldcrossthatbridgewhentheycametoit. Forthepresenttheywerequitesatisfiedtobeinaccordagainaboutonegirl,fortheyhadnojealousiesbetweenthem. Itwasasituationwhichinterestedtheneighborsandannoyedtheirmother,whohadnolikingforScarlett. 

           "Itwillserveyourightifthatslypiecedoesacceptoneofyou,"shesaid. "Ormaybeshe’llacceptbothofyou,andthenyou’llhavetomovetoUtah,iftheMormons’llhaveyouwhichIdoubt.... Allthatbothersmeisthatsomeoneofthesedaysyou’rebothgoingtogetlickeredupandjealousofeachotheraboutthattwo-faced,little,green-eyedbaggage,andyou’llshooteachother. Butthatmightnotbeabadideaeither." 

           Sincethedayofthespeaking,StuarthadbeenuncomfortableinIndia’spresence. NotthatIndiaeverreproachedhimorevenindicatedbylookorgesturethatshewasawareofhisabruptlychangedallegiance. Shewastoomuchofalady. ButStuartfeltguiltyandillateasewithher. 

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