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Yes
,
Melanie
had
a
way
with
children
that
Scarlett
could
never
fathom
.
"
At
least
,
"
she
thought
,
"
Bonnie
loves
me
and
likes
to
play
with
me
.
"
But
honesty
forced
her
to
admit
that
Bonnie
infinitely
preferred
Rhett
to
her
.
And
perhaps
she
would
never
see
Bonnie
again
.
For
all
she
knew
,
Rhett
might
be
in
Perisa
or
Egypt
and
intending
to
stay
there
forever
.
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When
Dr.
Meade
told
her
she
was
pregnant
,
she
was
astounded
,
for
she
had
been
expecting
a
diagnosis
of
biliousness
and
over-wrought
nerves
.
Then
her
mind
fled
back
to
that
wild
night
and
her
face
went
crimson
at
the
memory
.
So
a
child
was
coming
from
those
moments
of
high
rapture
--
even
if
the
memory
of
the
rapture
was
dimmed
by
what
followed
.
And
for
the
first
time
she
was
glad
that
she
was
going
to
have
a
child
.
If
it
were
only
a
boy
!
A
fine
boy
,
not
a
spiritless
little
creature
like
Wade
.
How
she
would
care
for
him
!
Now
that
she
had
the
leisure
to
devote
to
a
baby
and
the
money
to
smooth
his
path
,
how
happy
she
would
be
!
She
had
an
impulse
to
write
to
Rhett
in
care
of
his
mother
in
Charleston
and
tell
him
.
Good
Heavens
,
he
must
come
home
now
!
Suppose
he
stayed
away
till
after
the
baby
was
born
!
She
could
never
explain
that
!
But
if
she
wrote
him
he
'd
think
she
wanted
him
to
come
home
and
he
would
be
amused
.
And
he
must
n't
ever
think
she
wanted
him
or
needed
him
.
She
was
very
glad
she
had
stifled
this
impulse
when
her
first
news
of
Rhett
came
in
a
letter
from
Aunt
Pauline
in
Charleston
where
,
it
seemed
,
Rhett
was
visiting
his
mother
.
What
a
relief
to
know
he
was
still
in
the
United
States
,
even
if
Aunt
Pauline
's
letter
was
infuriating
.
Rhett
had
brought
Bonnie
to
see
her
and
Aunt
Eulalie
and
the
letter
was
full
of
praise
.
"
Such
a
little
beauty
!
When
she
grows
up
she
will
certainly
be
a
belle
.
But
I
suppose
you
know
that
any
man
who
courts
her
will
have
a
tussle
with
Captain
Butler
,
for
I
never
saw
such
a
devoted
father
.
Now
,
my
dear
,
I
wish
to
confess
something
.
Until
I
met
Captain
Butler
,
I
felt
that
your
marriage
with
him
had
been
a
dreadful
mesalliance
for
,
of
course
,
no
one
in
Charleston
hears
anything
good
about
him
and
everyone
is
so
sorry
for
his
family
.
In
fact
,
Eulalie
and
I
were
uncertain
as
to
whether
or
not
we
should
receive
him
--
but
,
after
all
,
the
dear
child
is
our
great-niece
.
When
he
came
,
we
were
pleasantly
surprised
,
most
pleasantly
,
and
realized
how
unChristian
it
is
to
credit
idle
gossip
.
For
he
is
most
charming
.
Quite
handsome
,
too
,
we
thought
,
and
so
very
grave
and
courteous
.
And
so
devoted
to
you
and
the
child
.
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"
And
now
,
my
dear
,
I
must
write
you
of
something
that
has
come
to
our
ears
--
something
Eulalie
and
I
were
loath
to
believe
at
first
.
We
had
heard
,
of
course
,
that
you
sometimes
did
help
out
at
the
store
that
Mr.
Kennedy
had
left
you
.
We
had
heard
rumors
but
,
of
course
,
we
denied
them
.
We
realized
that
in
those
first
dreadful
days
after
the
war
,
it
was
perhaps
necessary
,
conditions
being
what
they
were
.
But
there
is
no
necessity
now
for
such
conduct
on
your
part
,
as
I
know
Captain
Butler
is
in
quite
comfortable
circumstances
and
is
,
moreover
,
fully
capable
of
managing
for
you
any
business
and
property
you
may
own
.
We
had
to
know
the
truth
of
these
rumors
and
were
forced
to
ask
Captain
Butler
point-blank
questions
which
was
most
distressing
to
all
of
us
.
"
With
reluctance
he
told
us
that
you
spent
your
mornings
at
the
store
and
would
permit
no
one
else
to
do
the
bookkeeping
.
He
also
admitted
that
you
had
some
interest
in
a
mill
or
mills
(
we
did
not
press
him
on
this
,
being
most
upset
at
this
information
which
was
news
to
us
)
that
necessitated
your
riding
about
alone
,
or
attended
by
a
ruffian
who
,
Captain
Butler
assures
us
,
is
a
murderer
.
We
could
see
how
this
wrung
his
heart
and
think
he
must
be
a
most
indulgent
--
in
fact
,
a
far
too
indulgent
husband
.
Scarlett
,
this
must
stop
.
Your
mother
is
not
here
to
command
you
and
I
must
do
it
in
her
place
.
Think
how
your
little
children
will
feel
when
they
grow
older
and
realize
that
you
were
in
trade
!
How
mortified
they
will
be
to
know
that
you
exposed
yourself
to
the
insults
of
rude
men
and
the
dangers
of
careless
gossip
in
attending
to
mills
.
Such
unwomanly
--
"
Scarlett
flung
down
the
letter
unfinished
,
with
an
oath
.
She
could
just
see
Aunt
Pauline
and
Aunt
Eulalie
sitting
in
judgment
on
her
in
the
crumbling
house
on
the
Battery
with
little
between
them
and
starvation
except
what
she
,
Scarlett
,
sent
them
every
month
.
Unwomanly
?
By
God
,
if
she
had
n't
been
unwomanly
Aunt
Pauline
and
Aunt
Eulalie
probably
would
n't
have
a
roof
over
their
heads
this
very
moment
.
And
damn
Rhett
for
telling
them
about
the
store
and
the
bookkeeping
and
the
mills
!
Reluctant
,
was
he
?
She
knew
very
well
the
joy
he
took
in
palming
himself
off
on
the
old
ladies
as
grave
,
courteous
and
charming
,
the
devoted
husband
and
father
.