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Chapter 2

           "Motherwasonlyfifteenwhenshemarriedyou,andI’msixteen,"saidScarlett,hervoicemuffled. 

           "Yourmotherwasdifferent,"saidGerald."Shewasneverflightylikeyou.Nowcome,daughter,cheerup,andI’lltakeyoutoCharlestonnextweektovisityourAuntEulalieand,whatwithallthehullabalootheyarehavingoverthereaboutFortSumter,you’llbeforgettingaboutAshleyinaweek." 

           "HethinksI’machild,"thoughtScarlett,griefandangerchokingutterance,"andhe’sonlygottodangleanewtoyandI’llforgetmybumps." 

           "Now,don’tbejerkingyourchinatme,"warnedGerald."Ifyouhadanysenseyou’dhavemarriedStuartorBrentTarletonlongago.Thinkitover,daughter.MarryoneofthetwinsandthentheplantationswillruntogetherandJimTarletonandIwillbuildyouafinehouse,rightwheretheyjoin,inthatbigpinegroveand" 

           "Willyoustoptreatingmelikeachild!"criedScarlett."Idon’twanttogotoCharlestonorhaveahouseormarrythetwins.Ionlywant"Shecaughtherselfbutnotintime. 

           Gerald’svoicewasstrangelyquietandhespokeslowlyasifdrawinghiswordsfromastoreofthoughtseldomused. 

           "It’sonlyAshleyyou’rewanting,andyou’llnotbehavinghim.Andifhewantedtomarryyou,‘twouldbewithmisgivingsthatI’dsayYes,forallthefinefriendshipthat’sbetweenmeandJohnWilkes." 

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