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Chapter 3

           ButScarlettwaswrong,for,yearsbefore,EllenRobillardofSavannahhadgiggledasinexplicablyasanyfifteen-year-oldinthatcharmingcoastalcityandwhisperedthelongnightsthroughwithfriends,exchangingconfidences,tellingallsecretsbutone.ThatwastheyearwhenGeraldO’Hara,twenty-eightyearsolderthanshe,cameintoherlifetheyear,too,whenyouthandherblack-eyedcousin,PhilippeRobillard,wentoutofit.ForwhenPhilippe,withhissnappingeyesandhiswildways,leftSavannahforever,hetookwithhimtheglowthatwasinEllen’sheartandleftforthebandy-leggedlittleIrishmanwhomarriedheronlyagentleshell.

           ButthatwasenoughforGerald,overwhelmedathisunbelievableluckinactuallymarryingher.Andifanythingwasgonefromher,henevermissedit.Shrewdmanthathewas,heknewthatitwasnolessthanamiraclethathe,anIrishmanwithnothingoffamilyandwealthtorecommendhim,shouldwinthedaughterofoneofthewealthiestandproudestfamiliesontheCoast.ForGeraldwasaself-mademan.

           GeraldhadcometoAmericafromIrelandwhenhewastwenty-one.Hehadcomehastily,asmanyabetterandworseIrishmanbeforeandsince,withtheclotheshehadonhisback,twoshillingsabovehispassagemoneyandapriceonhisheadthathefeltwaslargerthanhismisdeedwarranted.TherewasnoOrangemanthissideofhellworthahundredpoundstotheBritishgovernmentortothedevilhimself;butifthegovernmentfeltsostronglyaboutthedeathofanEnglishabsenteelandlord’srentagent,itwastimeforGeraldO’Haratobeleavingandleavingsuddenly.True,hehadcalledtherentagent"abastardofanOrangeman,"butthat,accordingtoGerald’swayoflookingatit,didnotgivethemananyrighttoinsulthimbywhistlingtheopeningbarsof"TheBoyneWater."

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