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Chapter 15

           Thensheheardanominoussoundinthedriveway,outsidethewindow,asoundthatbroughthometoherevenmoresharplytheimminenceofAshley’sdeparture.ApaganhearingthelappingofthewatersaroundCharon’sboatcouldnothavefeltmoredesolate.UnclePeter,muffledinaquilt,wasbringingoutthecarriagetotakeAshleytothetrain.

           Ashleysaid"Good-by,"verysoftly,caughtupfromthetablethewidefelthatshehadinveigledfromRhettandwalkedintothedarkfronthall.Hishandonthedoorknob,heturnedandlookedather,along,desperatelook,asifhewantedtocarryawaywithhimeverydetailofherfaceandfigure.Throughablindingmistoftearsshesawhisfaceandwithastranglingpaininherthroatsheknewthathewasgoingaway,awayfromhercare,awayfromthesafehavenofthishouse,andoutofherlife,perhapsforever,withouthavingspokenthewordsshesoyearnedtohear.Timewasgoingbylikeamillrace,andnowitwastoolate.Sheranstumblingacrosstheparlorandintothehallandclutchedtheendsofhissash.

           "Kissme,"shewhispered."Kissmegood-by."

           Hisarmswentaroundhergently,andhebenthisheadtoherface.Atthefirsttouchofhislipsonhers,herarmswereabouthisneckinastranglinggrip.Forafleetingimmeasurableinstant,hepressedherbodyclosetohis.Thenshefeltasuddentensingofallhismuscles.Swiftly,hedroppedthehattothefloorand,reachingup,detachedherarmsfromhisneck

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