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Chapter 10

           "IwanttoknowallabouttheCounty,"shesaid,beaminguponhim."IndiaandHoneyaresuchpoorcorrespondents,andIknowyouknoweverythingthatgoesondownthere.DotellusaboutJoeFontaine’swedding."

           Geraldwarmedtotheflatteryandsaidthattheweddinghadbeenaquietaffair,"notlikeyougirlshad,"forJoehadonlyafewdays’furlough.Sally,thelittleMunroechit,lookedverypretty.No,hecouldn’trecallwhatsheworebuthedidhearthatshedidn’thavea"second-day"dress.

           "Shedidn’t!"exclaimedthegirls,scandalized.

           "Sure,becauseshedidn’thaveasecondday,"Geraldexplainedandbawledwithlaughterbeforerecallingthatperhapssuchremarkswerenotfitforfemaleears.Scarlett’sspiritssoaredathislaughandsheblessedMelanie’stact.

           "BackJoewenttoVirginiathenextday,"Geraldaddedhastily."Therewasnovisitingaboutanddancingafterwards.TheTarletontwinsarehome."

           "Weheardthat.Havetheyrecovered?"

           "Theyweren’tbadlywounded.StuarthaditinthekneeandaminieballwentthroughBrent’sshoulder.Youhadit,too,thattheywerementionedindispatchesforbravery?"

           "No!Tellus!"

           "Harebrainedbothofthem.I’mbelievingthere’sIrishinthem,"saidGeraldcomplacently."Iforgetwhattheydid,butBrentisalieutenantnow."

           Scarlettfeltpleasedathearingoftheirexploits,pleasedinaproprietarymanner.

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