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Chapter 36

           When,atlast,theystoodtogethertobemarried,herconfidinglittlehandinhisandherdowncastlashesthrowingthickblackcrescentsonherpinkcheeks,hestilldidnotknowhowitallcameabout.Heonlyknewhehaddonesomethingromanticandexcitingforthefirsttimeinhislife.He,FrankKennedy,hadsweptthislovelycreatureoffherfeetandintohisstrongarms.Thatwasaheadyfeeling.

           Nofriendorrelativestoodupwiththemattheirmarriage.Thewitnesseswerestrangerscalledinfromthestreet.Scarletthadinsistedonthatandhehadgivenin,thoughreluctantly,forhewouldhavelikedhissisterandhisbrother-inlawfromJonesborotobewithhim.AndareceptionwithtoastsdrunktothebrideinMissPitty’sparloramidhappyfriendswouldhavebeenajoytohim.ButScarlettwouldnothearofevenMissPittybeingpresent.

           "Justustwo,Frank,"shebegged,squeezinghisarm."Likeanelopement.Ialwaysdidwanttorunawayandbemarried!Please,sweetheart,justforme!"

           Itwasthatendearingterm,stillsonewtohisears,andthebrightteardropswhichedgedherpalegreeneyesasshelookeduppleadinglyathimthatwonhimover.Afterall,amanhadtomakesomeconcessionstohisbride,especiallyaboutthewedding,forwomensetsuchastorebysentimentalthings.

           Andbeforeheknewit,hewasmarried.

           Frankgaveherthethreehundreddollars,bewilderedbyhersweeturgency,reluctantatfirst,becauseitmeanttheendofhishopeofbuyingthesawmillimmediately.

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