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Chapter 15

           Scarlettwouldhavegivenanythingtobeabletoprovidetherestoftheuniform,butthenecessarymaterialsweresimplynottobehadinAtlanta.

           ShehadaChristmaspresentforAshley,butitpaledininsignificancebesidethegloryofMelanie’sgraycoat.Itwasasmall"housewife,"madeofflannel,containingthewholepreciouspackofneedlesRhetthadbroughtherfromNassau,threeofherlinenhandkerchiefs,obtainedfromthesamesource,twospoolsofthreadandasmallpairofscissors.Butshewantedtogivehimsomethingmorepersonal,somethingawifecouldgiveahusband,ashirt,apairofgauntlets,ahat.Oh,yes,ahatbyallmeans.Thatlittleflat-toppedforagecapAshleywaswearinglookedridiculous.Scarletthadalwayshatedthem.WhatifStonewallJacksonhadwornoneinpreferencetoaslouchfelt?Thatdidn’tmakethemanymoredignifiedlooking.ButtheonlyhatsobtainableinAtlantawerecrudelymadewoolhats,andtheyweretackierthanthemonkey-hatforagecaps.

           Whenshethoughtofhats,shethoughtofRhettButler.Hehadsomanyhats,widePanamasforsummer,tallbeaversforformaloccasions,huntinghats,slouchhatsoftanandblackandblue.WhatneedhadheforsomanywhenherdarlingAshleyrodeintherainwithmoisturedrippingdownhiscollarfromthebackofhiscap?

           "I’llmakeRhettgivemethatnewblackfeltofhis,"shedecided."AndI’llputagrayribbonaroundthebrimandsewAshley’swreathonitanditwilllooklovely."

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