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Chapter 2

           Andyet—andyet—sheknewhelovedher. Shecouldnotbemistakenaboutit. Instinctstrongerthanreasonandknowledgebornofexperiencetoldherthathelovedher. Toooftenshehadsurprisedhimwhenhiseyeswereneitherdrowsynorremote,whenhelookedatherwithayearningandasadnesswhichpuzzledher. SheKNEWhelovedher. Whydidhenottellherso? Thatshecouldnotunderstand. Butthereweresomanythingsabouthimthatshedidnotunderstand. 

           Hewascourteousalways,butaloof,remote. Noonecouldevertellwhathewasthinkingabout,Scarlettleastofall. Inaneighborhoodwhereeveryonesaidexactlywhathethoughtassoonashethoughtit,Ashley’squalityofreservewasexasperating. HewasasproficientasanyoftheotheryoungmenintheusualCountydiversions,hunting,gambling,dancingandpolitics,andwasthebestriderofthemall; buthedifferedfromalltherestinthatthesepleasantactivitieswerenottheendandaimoflifetohim. Andhestoodaloneinhisinterestinbooksandmusicandhisfondnessforwritingpoetry. 

           Oh,whywashesohandsomelyblond,socourteouslyaloof,somaddeninglyboringwithhistalkaboutEuropeandbooksandmusicandpoetryandthingsthatinterestedhernotatall—andyetsodesirable? Nightafternight,whenScarlettwenttobedaftersittingonthefrontporchinthesemi-darknesswithhim,shetossedrestlesslyforhoursandcomfortedherselfonlywiththethoughtthattheverynexttimehesawherhecertainlywouldpropose. Butthenexttimecameandwent,andtheresultwasnothing—nothingexceptthatthefeverpossessingherrosehigherandhotter. 

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