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Chapter 2

           "Iwonderwhyhealwayswantstojumpfenceswhenhe’shadafewdrinks,"shethought. "Andafterthatfallhehadrightherelastyearwhenhebrokehisknee. You’dthinkhe’dlearn. EspeciallywhenhepromisedMotheronoathhe’dneverjumpagain." 

           Scarletthadnoaweofherfatherandfelthimmorehercontemporarythanhersisters,forjumpingfencesandkeepingitasecretfromhiswifegavehimaboyishprideandguiltygleethatmatchedherownpleasureinoutwittingMammy. Sherosefromherseattowatchhim. 

           Thebighorsereachedthefence,gatheredhimselfandsoaredoveraseffortlesslyasabird,hisrideryellingenthusiastically,hiscropbeatingtheair,hiswhitecurlsjerkingoutbehindhim. Geralddidnotseehisdaughterintheshadowofthetrees,andhedrewreinintheroad,pattinghishorse’sneckwithapprobation. 

           "There’snoneintheCountycantouchyou,norinthestate,"heinformedhismount,withpride,thebrogueofCountyMeathstillheavyonhistongueinspiteofthirty-nineyearsinAmerica. Thenhehastilysetaboutsmoothinghishairandsettlinghisruffledshirtandhiscravatwhichhadslippedawrybehindoneear. Scarlettknewthesehurriedpreeningswerebeingmadewithaneyetowardmeetinghiswifewiththeappearanceofagentlemanwhohadriddensedatelyhomefromacallonaneighbor. Sheknewalsothathewaspresentingherwithjusttheopportunityshewantedforopeningtheconversationwithoutrevealinghertruepurpose. 

           Shelaughedaloud. Asshehadintended,Geraldwasstartledbythesound;thenherecognizedher,andalookbothsheepishanddefiantcameoverhisfloridface. 

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