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Chapter 32

           Andwhentheyaskedwhowasgoingtolendthemoneyshesaid:"Layoverscatchmeddlers,"soarchlytheyalllaughedandteasedherabouthermillionairefriend.

           "ItmustbeCaptainRhettButler,"saidMelanieslylyandtheyexplodedwithmirthatthisabsurdity,knowinghowScarletthatedhimandneverfailedtorefertohimas"thatskunk,RhettButler."

           ButScarlettdidnotlaughatthisandAshley,whohadlaughed,stoppedabruptlyashesawMammyshootaquick,guardedglanceatScarlett.

           Suellen,movedtogenerositybythepartyspiritoftheoccasion,producedherIrish-lacecollar,somewhatwornbutstillpretty,andCarreeninsistedthatScarlettwearherslipperstoAtlanta,fortheywereinbetterconditionthananyothersatTara.MelaniebeggedMammytoleaveherenoughvelvetscrapstorecovertheframeofherbatteredbonnetandbroughtshoutsoflaughterwhenshesaidtheoldroosterwasgoingtopartwithhisgorgeousbronzeandgreen-blacktailfeathersunlesshetooktotheswampimmediately.

           Scarlett,watchingtheflyingfingers,heardthelaughterandlookedatthemallwithconcealedbitternessandcontempt.

           "Theyhaven’tanideawhatisreallyhappeningtomeortothemselvesortotheSouth.Theystillthink,inspiteofeverything,thatnothingreallydreadfulcanhappentoanyofthembecausetheyarewhotheyare,O’Haras,Wilkeses,Hamiltons.Eventhedarkiesfeelthatway.Oh,they’reallfools!They’llneverrealize!They’llgorightonthinkingandlivingastheyalwayshave,andnothingwillchangethem.

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