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Mammys wordswere the ones that made her most angry and brought the
greatesthurt.
Soon sheforgot it and did not puzzle her head about it any more,
or aboutanything concerning Rhett. It was exciting to go out with him for he
was so handsome.
Its always annoying to the godly when the ungodlyflourish like
the green bay tree. Their eyeswere always alert, like men who have lived too
long with danger tobe ever quite careless. Trainloads of negroes had been
rushed from town totown, voting at every precinct along the way. No, Scarlett,
this is abona fide honorable declaration.
The state was under theYankee rule
but not by the states consent.
Butperhaps Ive been too precipitate in my
wooing.
All toofast for mere fondness I would think, if I were conceited.
Just
you wait, Rhett Butler, and Ill show you.
I am going to marry him and theres no
more to be said.
But thefact remained that Rhett was a Scallawag and a friend
of Bullock. If I were a low-bredpoverty-stricken villain, people wouldnt be so
mad. He only did that as a dirty trick on us all, Scarlett, toembarrass us in
front of the Yankees, Mrs. Ah gwine stay right hyah an see dis ting thoo.
He
made her play and she had almost forgotten how. Youll haveto get used to all my
bad habits. Im going home to Tara soon and India Wilkes will stay withAunt
Pittypat. No, she didnt mind what anybody said, except Mammy.
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