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Chapter 10

           "Isang?"

           "Sang!Youwoketheechoessingingthe‘Lament.’"

           "’TisnothingI’mremembering."

           "TheneighborswillrememberittilltheirdyingdayandsowillMissPittypatandMelanie."

           "MotherofSorrows,"moanedGerald,movingathicklyfurredtonguearoundparchedlips."’TislittleI’mrememberingafterthegamestarted."

           "Game?"

           "ThatladdybuckButlerbraggedthathewasthebestpokerplayerin-"

           "Howmuchdidyoulose?"

           "Why,Iwon,naturally.Adrinkortwohelpsmegame."

           "Lookinyourwallet."

           Asifeverymovementwasagony,Geraldremovedhiswalletfromhiscoatandopenedit.Itwasemptyandhelookedatitinforlornbewilderment.

           "Fivehundreddollars,"hesaid."And’twastobuythingsfromtheblockadersforMrs.O’Hara,andnownotevenfarelefttoTara."

           Asshelookedindignantlyattheemptypurse,anideatookforminScarlett’smindandgrewswiftly.

           "I’llnotbeholdingupmyheadinthistown,"shebegan."You’vedisgracedusall."

           "Holdyourtongue,Puss.Canyounotseemeheadisbursting?"

           "CominghomedrunkwithamanlikeCaptainButler,andsingingatthetopofyourlungsforeveryonetohearandlosingallthatmoney."

           "Themanistoocleverwithcardstobeagentleman.He"

           "WhatwillMothersaywhenshehears?"

           Helookedupinsuddenanguishedapprehension."Youwouldn’tbetellingyourmotherawordandupsettingher,nowwouldyou?"

           Scarlettsaidnothingbutpursedherlips.

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