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Chapter 3

           Betweenthem,theytaughtherallthatagentlewomanshouldknow,butshelearnedonlytheoutwardsignsofgentility.Theinnergracefromwhichthesesignsshouldspring,sheneverlearnednordidsheseeanyreasonforlearningit.Appearanceswereenough,fortheappearancesofladyhoodwonherpopularityandthatwasallshewanted.Geraldbraggedthatshewasthebelleoffivecounties,andwithsometruth,forshehadreceivedproposalsfromnearlyalltheyoungmenintheneighborhoodandmanyfromplacesasfarawayasAtlantaandSavannah.

           Atsixteen,thankstoMammyandEllen,shelookedsweet,charmingandgiddy,butshewas,inreality,self-willed,vainandobstinate.ShehadtheeasilystirredpassionsofherIrishfatherandnothingexceptthethinnestveneerofhermother’sunselfishandforbearingnature.Ellenneverfullyrealizedthatitwasonlyaveneer,forScarlettalwaysshowedherbestfacetohermother,concealingherescapades,curbinghertemperandappearingassweet-naturedasshecouldinEllen’spresence,forhermothercouldshamehertotearswithareproachfulglance.

           ButMammywasundernoillusionsaboutherandwasconstantlyalertforbreaksintheveneer.Mammy’seyesweresharperthanEllen’s,andScarlettcouldneverrecallinallherlifehavingfooledMammyforlong.

           ItwasnotthatthesetwolovingmentorsdeploredScarlett’shighspirits,vivacityandcharm.TheseweretraitsofwhichSouthernwomenwereproud.ItwasGerald’sheadstrongandimpetuousnatureinherthatgavethemconcern,andtheysometimesfearedtheywouldnotbeabletoconcealherdamagingqualitiesuntilshehadmadeagoodmatch.

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