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He
not
only
brought
Maybelle
the
satin
but
he
was
able
to
give
excellent
hints
on
the
making
of
the
wedding
dress
.
Hoops
in
Paris
were
wider
this
season
and
skirts
were
shorter
.
They
were
no
longer
ruffled
but
were
gathered
up
in
scalloped
festoons
,
showing
braided
petticoats
beneath
.
He
said
,
too
,
that
he
had
seen
no
pantalets
on
the
streets
,
so
he
imagined
they
were
"
out
.
"
Afterwards
,
Mrs.
Merriwether
told
Mrs.
Elsing
she
feared
that
if
she
had
given
him
any
encouragement
at
all
,
he
would
have
told
her
exactly
what
kind
of
drawers
were
being
worn
by
Parisiennes
.
Had
he
been
less
obviously
masculine
,
his
ability
to
recall
details
of
dresses
,
bonnets
and
coiffures
would
have
been
put
down
as
the
rankest
effeminacy
.
The
ladies
always
felt
a
little
odd
when
they
besieged
him
with
questions
about
styles
,
but
they
did
it
nevertheless
.
They
were
as
isolated
from
the
world
of
fashion
as
shipwrecked
mariners
,
for
few
books
of
fashion
came
through
the
blockade
.
For
all
they
knew
the
ladies
of
France
might
be
shaving
their
heads
and
wearing
coonskin
caps
,
so
Rhett
's
memory
for
furbelows
was
an
excellent
substitute
for
Godey
's
Lady
's
Book
.
He
could
and
did
notice
details
so
dear
to
feminine
hearts
,
and
after
each
trip
abroad
he
could
be
found
in
the
center
of
a
group
of
ladies
,
telling
that
bonnets
were
smaller
this
year
and
perched
higher
,
covering
most
of
the
top
of
the
head
,
that
plumes
and
not
flowers
were
being
used
to
trim
them
,
that
the
Empress
of
France
had
abandoned
the
chignon
for
evening
wear
and
had
her
hair
piled
almost
on
the
top
of
her
head
,
showing
all
of
her
ears
,
and
that
evening
frocks
were
shockingly
low
again
.
For
some
months
,
he
was
the
most
popular
and
romantic
figure
the
town
knew
,
despite
his
previous
reputation
,
despite
the
faint
rumors
that
he
was
engaged
not
only
in
blockading
but
in
speculating
on
foodstuffs
,
too
.
People
who
did
not
like
him
said
that
after
every
trip
he
made
to
Atlanta
,
prices
jumped
five
dollars
.
But
even
with
this
under-cover
gossip
seeping
about
,
he
could
have
retained
his
popularity
had
he
considered
it
worth
retaining
.
Instead
,
it
seemed
as
though
,
after
trying
the
company
of
the
staid
and
patriotic
citizens
and
winning
their
respect
and
grudging
liking
,
something
perverse
in
him
made
him
go
out
of
his
way
to
affront
them
and
show
them
that
his
conduct
had
been
only
a
masquerade
and
one
which
no
longer
amused
him
.
It
was
as
though
he
bore
an
impersonal
contempt
for
everyone
and
everything
in
the
South
,
the
Confederacy
in
particular
,
and
took
no
pains
to
conceal
it
.
It
was
his
remarks
about
the
Confederacy
that
made
Atlanta
look
at
him
first
in
bewilderment
,
then
coolly
and
then
with
hot
rage
.
Even
before
1862
passed
into
1863
,
men
were
bowing
to
him
with
studied
frigidity
and
women
beginning
to
draw
their
daughters
to
their
sides
when
he
appeared
at
a
gathering
.
He
seemed
to
take
pleasure
not
only
in
affronting
the
sincere
and
red-hot
loyalties
of
Atlanta
but
in
presenting
himself
in
the
worst
possible
light
.
When
well-meaning
people
complimented
him
on
his
bravery
in
running
the
blockade
,
he
blandly
replied
that
he
was
always
frightened
when
in
danger
,
as
frightened
as
were
the
brave
boys
at
the
front
.
Everyone
knew
there
had
never
been
a
cowardly
Confederate
soldier
and
they
found
this
statement
peculiarly
irritating
.
He
always
referred
to
the
soldiers
as
"
our
brave
boys
"
and
"
our
heroes
in
gray
"
and
did
it
in
such
a
way
as
to
convey
the
utmost
in
insult
.
When
daring
young
ladies
,
hoping
for
a
flirtation
,
thanked
him
for
being
one
of
the
heroes
who
fought
for
them
,
he
bowed
and
declared
that
such
was
not
the
case
,
for
he
would
do
the
same
thing
for
Yankee
women
if
the
same
amount
of
money
were
involved
.
Since
Scarlett
's
first
meeting
with
him
in
Atlanta
on
the
night
of
the
bazaar
,
he
had
talked
with
her
in
this
manner
,
but
now
there
was
a
thinly
veiled
note
of
mockery
in
his
conversations
with
everyone
.
When
praised
for
his
services
to
the
Confederacy
,
he
unfailingly
replied
that
blockading
was
a
business
with
him
.
If
he
could
make
as
much
money
out
of
government
contracts
,
he
would
say
,
picking
out
with
his
eyes
those
who
had
government
contracts
,
then
he
would
certainly
abandon
the
hazards
of
blockading
and
take
to
selling
shoddy
cloth
,
sanded
sugar
,
spoiled
flour
and
rotten
leather
to
the
Confederacy
.
Most
of
his
remarks
were
unanswerable
,
which
made
them
all
the
worse
.
There
had
already
been
minor
scandals
about
those
holding
government
contracts
.
Letters
from
men
at
the
front
complained
constantly
of
shoes
that
wore
out
in
a
week
,
gunpowder
that
would
not
ignite
,
harness
that
snapped
at
any
strain
,
meat
that
was
rotten
and
flour
that
was
full
of
weevils
.
Atlanta
people
tried
to
think
that
the
men
who
sold
such
stuff
to
the
government
must
be
contract
holders
from
Alabama
or
Virginia
or
Tennessee
,
and
not
Georgians
.
For
did
not
the
Georgia
contract
holders
include
men
from
the
very
best
families
?
Were
they
not
the
first
to
contribute
to
the
hospital
funds
and
to
the
aid
of
soldiers
'
orphans
?
Were
they
not
the
first
to
cheer
at
"
Dixie
"
and
the
most
rampant
seekers
,
in
oratory
at
least
,
for
Yankee
blood
?
The
full
tide
of
fury
against
those
profiteering
on
government
contracts
had
not
yet
risen
,
and
Rhett
's
words
were
taken
merely
as
evidence
of
his
own
bad
breeding
.
He
not
only
affronted
the
town
with
insinuations
of
venality
on
the
part
of
men
in
high
places
and
slurs
on
the
courage
of
the
men
in
the
field
,
but
he
took
pleasure
in
tricking
the
dignified
citizenry
into
embarrassing
situations
.
He
could
no
more
resist
pricking
the
conceits
,
the
hypocrisies
and
the
flamboyant
patriotism
of
those
about
him
than
a
small
boy
can
resist
putting
a
pin
into
a
balloon
.
He
neatly
deflated
the
pompous
and
exposed
the
ignorant
and
the
bigoted
,
and
he
did
it
in
such
subtle
ways
,
drawing
his
victims
out
by
his
seemingly
courteous
interest
,
that
they
never
were
quite
certain
what
had
happened
until
they
stood
exposed
as
windy
,
high
flown
and
slightly
ridiculous
.
