Elsings flat bosom, grinned suddenlyand, bowing,
made his exit.
Merriwether had also been Rhett Butlers hostess on
severaloccasions.
I think we agreed on the occasion of our first
meeting that youwere no lady at all.
Whenever he came to town, there was a feminine
fluttering.
Heretofore she had never bothered tocontrol her
temper except in Ellens presence. Stop, UnclePeter, youre driving past my
house!
Any man who does not think our Causeis just and
holy should be hanged!
Aunt Pittys fat mouth popped openand Uncle Peter
turned to stare.
Oh, if you are going to be hateful and rude enough
to bring thatup again!
Scarlett silently agreed with Aunt
Pitty.
If the people who started wars didnt make them
sacred, who wouldbe foolish enough to fight?
Lawd, Miss Melly, doan cry hyah on Peachtree
Street, groanedUncle Peter, hastening his horses pace.
He meantexactly what Captain Butler meant, only he
didnt say it in a rudeway.
And he wore these garments with a still more
elegant air as thoughunaware of their glory. The monotonous rows ofsoldiers graves
at Oakland Cemetery stretched longer every day. Aunt Pittyalways felt that she
needed a male protector when Rhett Butler wasin the house.
And so theres no necessity for broken
bric-a-brac.
And he wore these garments with a still more
elegant air as thoughunaware of their glory.
Then she couldhave scorched him with hot words. How
did that littlerabbit ever get up spunk enough to stand up to old ladyMerriwether?
Ashley wrote me that we should not be fighting the Yankees. But do you think you
should have saidthat about Ashley? Halfway down she began singing When This Cruel
WarIs Over. Then she couldhave scorched him with hot words. He insulted us all and
the Confederacy too, said Mrs. They were likely to propose in threeor four months.
She is one of the very few kind, sincereand unselfish persons I have ever known.
During the months when the town accepted him, Scarlett had beenunder no illusions
about him.
There had already been minor scandals about those
holdinggovernment contracts. Merriwether were only alive, hed tend to him!