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It
was
characteristic
of
the
regard
in
which
Scarlett
was
held
that
few
people
based
their
defense
or
their
criticism
of
her
on
her
personal
integrity
.
"
I
would
n't
put
much
beyond
her
,
"
was
the
universal
attitude
.
Scarlett
had
made
too
many
enemies
to
have
many
champions
now
.
Her
words
and
her
actions
rankled
in
too
many
hearts
for
many
people
to
care
whether
this
scandal
hurt
her
or
not
.
But
everyone
cared
violently
about
hurting
Melanie
or
India
and
the
storm
revolved
around
them
,
rather
than
Scarlett
,
centering
upon
the
one
question
--
"
Did
India
lie
?
"
Those
who
espoused
Melanie
's
side
pointed
triumphantly
to
the
fact
that
Melanie
was
constantly
with
Scarlett
these
days
.
Would
a
woman
of
Melanie
's
high
principles
champion
the
cause
of
a
guilty
woman
,
especially
a
woman
guilty
with
her
own
husband
?
No
,
indeed
!
India
was
just
a
cracked
old
maid
who
hated
Scarlett
and
lied
about
her
and
induced
Archie
and
Mrs.
Elsing
to
believe
her
lies
.
But
,
questioned
India
's
adherents
,
if
Scarlett
is
n't
guilty
,
where
is
Captain
Butler
?
Why
is
n't
he
here
at
his
wife
's
side
,
lending
her
the
strength
of
his
countenance
?
That
was
an
unanswerable
question
and
,
as
the
weeks
went
by
and
the
rumor
spread
that
Scarlett
was
pregnant
,
the
pro-India
group
nodded
with
satisfaction
.
It
could
n't
be
Captain
Butler
's
baby
,
they
said
.
For
too
long
the
fact
of
their
estrangement
had
been
public
property
.
For
too
long
the
town
had
been
scandalized
by
the
separate
bedrooms
.
So
the
gossip
ran
,
tearing
the
town
apart
,
tearing
apart
,
too
,
the
close-knit
clan
of
Hamiltons
,
Wilkeses
,
Burrs
,
Whitemans
and
Winfields
.
Everyone
in
the
family
connection
was
forced
to
take
sides
.
There
was
no
neutral
ground
.
Melanie
with
cool
dignity
and
India
with
acid
bitterness
saw
to
that
.
But
no
matter
which
side
the
relatives
took
,
they
all
were
resentful
that
Scarlett
should
have
been
the
cause
of
the
family
breach
.
None
of
them
thought
her
worth
it
.
And
no
matter
which
side
they
took
,
the
relatives
heartily
deplored
the
fact
that
India
had
taken
it
upon
herself
to
wash
the
family
dirty
linen
so
publicly
and
involve
Ashley
in
so
degrading
a
scandal
.
But
now
that
she
had
spoken
,
many
rushed
to
her
defense
and
took
her
side
against
Scarlett
,
even
as
others
,
loving
Melanie
,
stood
by
her
and
Scarlett
.
Half
of
Atlanta
was
kin
to
or
claimed
kin
with
Melanie
and
India
.
The
ramifications
of
cousins
,
double
cousins
,
cousins-inlaw
and
kissing
cousins
were
so
intricate
and
involved
that
no
one
but
a
born
Georgian
could
ever
unravel
them
.
They
had
always
been
a
clannish
tribe
,
presenting
an
unbroken
phalanx
of
overlapping
shields
to
the
world
in
time
of
stress
,
no
matter
what
their
private
opinions
of
the
conduct
of
individual
kinsmen
might
be
.
With
the
exception
of
the
guerrilla
warfare
carried
on
by
Aunt
Pitty
against
Uncle
Henry
,
which
had
been
a
matter
for
hilarious
laughter
within
the
family
for
years
,
there
had
never
been
an
open
breach
in
the
pleasant
relations
.
They
were
gentle
,
quiet
spoken
,
reserved
people
and
not
given
to
even
the
amiable
bickering
that
characterized
most
Atlanta
families
.
But
now
they
were
split
in
twain
and
the
town
was
privileged
to
witness
cousins
of
the
fifth
and
sixth
degree
taking
sides
in
the
most
shattering
scandal
Atlanta
had
ever
seen
.
This
worked
great
hardship
and
strained
the
tact
and
forbearance
of
the
unrelated
half
of
the
town
,
for
the
India
--
Melanie
feud
made
a
rupture
in
practically
every
social
organization
.
The
Thalians
,
the
Sewing
Circle
for
the
Widows
and
Orphans
of
the
Confederacy
,
the
Association
for
the
Beautification
of
the
Graves
of
Our
Glorious
Dead
,
the
Saturday
Night
Musical
Circle
,
the
Ladies
'
Evening
Cotillion
Society
,
the
Young
Men
's
Library
were
all
involved
.
So
were
four
churches
with
their
Ladies
'
Aid
and
Missionary
societies
.
Great
care
had
to
be
taken
to
avoid
putting
members
of
warring
factions
on
the
same
committees
.
On
their
regular
afternoons
at
home
,
Atlanta
matrons
were
in
anguish
from
four
to
six
o'clock
for
fear
Melanie
and
Scarlett
would
call
at
the
same
time
India
and
her
loyal
kin
were
in
their
parlors
.
Of
all
the
family
,
poor
Aunt
Pitty
suffered
the
most
.
Pitty
,
who
desired
nothing
except
to
live
comfortably
amid
the
love
of
her
relatives
,
would
have
been
very
pleased
,
in
this
matter
,
to
run
with
the
hares
and
hunt
with
the
hounds
.
But
neither
the
hares
nor
the
hounds
would
permit
this
.
India
lived
with
Aunt
Pitty
and
,
if
Pitty
sided
with
Melanie
,
as
she
wished
to
do
,
India
would
leave
.
And
if
India
left
her
,
what
would
poor
Pitty
do
then
?
She
could
not
live
alone
.
She
would
have
to
get
a
stranger
to
live
with
her
or
she
would
have
to
close
up
her
house
and
go
and
live
with
Scarlett
.
Aunt
Pitty
felt
vaguely
that
Captain
Butler
would
not
care
for
this
,
or
she
would
have
to
go
and
live
with
Melanie
and
sleep
in
the
little
cubbyhole
that
was
Beau
's
nursery
.
