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Chapter 10

           ItdidnotoccurtoherthattheideawasRhettButler’s.Itcamesopatlyandfittedsowellwithwhatshewasthinking.

           "Oh!Whatwillyourmothersaywhenshehears?Whatwillshethinkofme?"

           AcoldqualmofguiltassailedScarlettatthethoughtofEllen’sconsternation,shouldsheeverlearnofherdaughter’sscandalousconduct.Butshetookheartatthethoughtofthetwenty-fivemilesbetweenAtlantaandTara.MissPittycertainlywouldn’ttellEllen.Itwouldputherinsuchabadlightasachaperon.AndifPittydidn’ttattle,shewassafe.

           "Ithink—"saidPitty,"yes,IthinkI’dbetterwriteHenryaletteraboutit—muchasIhateit—buthe’souronlymalerelative,andmakehimgospeakreprovinglytoCaptainButler—Oh,dear,ifCharliewereonlyalive—Youmustnever,neverspeaktothatmanagain,Scarlett."

           Melaniehadbeensittingquietly,herhandsinherlap,herwafflescoolingonherplate.Shearoseand,comingbehindScarlett,putherarmsaboutherneck.

           "Darling,"shesaid,"don’tyougetupset.Iunderstandanditwasabravethingyoudidlastnightandit’sgoingtohelpthehospitalalot.Andifanybodydaressayonelittlewordaboutyou,I’lltendtothem....AuntPitty,don’tcry.IthasbeenhardonScarlett,notgoinganywhere.She’sjustababy."HerfingersplayedinScarlett’sblackhair."Andmaybewe’dallbebetteroffifwewentoutoccasionallytoparties.Maybewe’vebeenveryselfish,stayingherewithourgrief.Wartimesaren’tlikeothertimes.

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