Reedle Откройте в мобильном приложении
Понятно
Понятно
Для того чтобы воспользоваться закладками, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
Отмена
541
"
He
's
been
broken
hearted
because
he
thinks
I
'm
in
love
with
Brent
or
Stuart
or
Cade
.
And
probably
he
thinks
that
if
he
ca
n't
have
me
,
he
might
as
well
please
his
family
and
marry
Melanie
.
But
if
he
knew
I
did
love
him
--
"
542
Her
volatile
spirits
shot
up
from
deepest
depression
to
excited
happiness
.
This
was
the
answer
to
Ashley
's
reticence
,
to
his
strange
conduct
.
He
did
n't
know
!
Her
vanity
leaped
to
the
aid
of
her
desire
to
believe
,
making
belief
a
certainty
.
If
he
knew
she
loved
him
,
he
would
hasten
to
her
side
.
She
had
only
to
--
543
"
Oh
!
"
she
thought
rapturously
,
digging
her
fingers
into
her
lowered
brow
.
"
What
a
fool
I
've
been
not
to
think
of
this
till
now
!
I
must
think
of
some
way
to
let
him
know
.
He
would
n't
marry
her
if
he
knew
I
loved
him
!
How
could
he
?
"
Отключить рекламу
544
With
a
start
,
she
realized
that
Gerald
had
finished
and
her
mother
's
eyes
were
on
her
.
Hastily
she
began
her
decade
,
telling
off
the
beads
automatically
but
with
a
depth
of
emotion
in
her
voice
that
caused
Mammy
to
open
her
eyes
and
shoot
a
searching
glance
at
her
.
As
she
finished
her
prayers
and
Suellen
,
then
Carreen
,
began
their
decades
,
her
mind
was
still
speeding
onward
with
her
entrancing
new
thought
.
545
Even
now
,
it
was
n't
too
late
!
Too
often
the
County
had
been
scandalized
by
elopements
when
one
or
the
other
of
the
participating
parties
was
practically
at
the
altar
with
a
third
.
And
Ashley
's
engagement
had
not
even
been
announced
yet
!
Yes
,
there
was
plenty
of
time
!
546
If
no
love
lay
between
Ashley
and
Melanie
but
only
a
promise
given
long
ago
,
then
why
was
n't
it
possible
for
him
to
break
that
promise
and
marry
her
?
Surely
he
would
do
it
,
if
he
knew
that
she
,
Scarlett
,
loved
him
.
She
must
find
some
way
to
let
him
know
.
She
would
find
some
way
!
And
then
--
547
Scarlett
came
abruptly
out
of
her
dream
of
delight
,
for
she
had
neglected
to
make
the
responses
and
her
mother
was
looking
at
her
reprovingly
.
As
she
resumed
the
ritual
,
she
opened
her
eyes
briefly
and
cast
a
quick
glance
around
the
room
.
The
kneeling
figures
,
the
soft
glow
of
the
lamp
,
the
dim
shadows
where
the
negroes
swayed
,
even
the
familiar
objects
that
had
been
so
hateful
to
her
sight
an
hour
ago
,
in
an
instant
took
on
the
color
of
her
own
emotions
,
and
the
room
seemed
once
more
a
lovely
place
.
She
would
never
forget
this
moment
or
this
scene
!
Отключить рекламу
548
"
Virgin
most
faithful
,
"
her
mother
intoned
.
The
Litany
of
the
Virgin
was
beginning
,
and
obediently
Scarlett
responded
:
"
Pray
for
us
,
"
as
Ellen
praised
in
soft
contralto
the
attributes
of
the
Mother
of
God
.
549
As
always
since
childhood
,
this
was
,
for
Scarlett
,
a
moment
for
adoration
of
Ellen
,
rather
than
the
Virgin
.
Sacrilegious
though
it
might
be
,
Scarlett
always
saw
,
through
her
closed
eyes
,
the
upturned
face
of
Ellen
and
not
the
Blessed
Virgin
,
as
the
ancient
phrases
were
repeated
.
"
Health
of
the
Sick
,
"
"
Seat
of
Wisdom
,
"
"
Refuge
of
Sinners
,
"
"
Mystical
Rose
"
--
they
were
beautiful
because
they
were
the
attributes
of
Ellen
.
550
But
tonight
,
because
of
the
exaltation
of
her
own
spirit
,
Scarlett
found
in
the
whole
ceremonial
,
the
softly
spoken
words
,
the
murmur
of
the
responses
,
a
surpassing
beauty
beyond
any
that
she
had
ever
experienced
before
.
And
her
heart
went
up
to
God
in
sincere
thankfulness
that
a
pathway
for
her
feet
had
been
opened
--
out
of
her
misery
and
straight
to
the
arms
of
Ashley
.