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Chapter 32

           Willdidn’tknowwhathadtakenplaceintheorchardthatafternoonandhowithaddrivenScarletttodesperation.Willcouldn’thavenoticedMammy’sfacewhenRhettButler’snamewasmentionedand,besides,Willdidn’tknowaboutRhett’smoneyorhisfoulreputation.Atleast,Ashleydidnotthinkhecouldknowthesethings,butsincecomingbacktoTarahehadrealizedthatWill,likeMammy,seemedtoknowthingswithoutbeingtold,tosensethembeforetheyhappened.Therewassomethingominousintheair,exactlywhatAshleydidnotknow,buthewaspowerlesstosaveScarlettfromit.Shehadnotmethiseyesoncethateveningandthehardbrightgaietywithwhichshehadtreatedhimwasfrightening.Thesuspicionswhichtoreathimweretooterribletobeputintowords.Hedidnothavetherighttoinsultherbyaskingheriftheyweretrue.Heclenchedhisfists.Hehadnorightsatallwhereshewasconcerned;thisafternoonhehadforfeitedthemall,forever.Hecouldnothelpher.Noonecouldhelpher.ButwhenhethoughtofMammyandthelookofgrimdeterminationsheworeasshecutintothevelvetcurtains,hewascheeredalittle.MammywouldtakecareofScarlettwhetherScarlettwisheditornot.

           "Ihavecausedallthis,"hethoughtdespairingly."Ihavedrivenhertothis."

           Herememberedthewayshehadsquaredhershoulderswhensheturnedawayfromhimthatafternoon,rememberedthestubbornliftofherhead.Hisheartwentouttoher,tornwithhisownhelplessness,wrenchedwithadmiration

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