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Chapter 5

           WhatdresswouldbestsetoffhercharmsandmakehermostirresistibletoAshley?Sinceeighto’clockshehadbeentryingonandrejectingdresses,andnowshestooddejectedandirritableinlacepantalets,linencorsetcoverandthreebillowinglaceandlinenpetticoats.Discardedgarmentslayaboutheronthefloor,thebed,thechairs,inbrightheapsofcolorandstrayingribbons.

           Theroseorgandiewithlongpinksashwasbecoming,butshehadwornitlastsummerwhenMelanievisitedTwelveOaksandshe’dbesuretorememberit.Andmightbecattyenoughtomentionit.Theblackbombazine,withitspuffedsleevesandprincesslacecollar,setoffherwhiteskinsuperbly,butitdidmakeherlookatrifleelderly.Scarlettpeeredanxiouslyinthemirrorathersixteen-year-oldfaceasifexpectingtoseewrinklesandsaggingchinmuscles.ItwouldneverdotoappearsedateandelderlybeforeMelanie’ssweetyouthfulness.Thelavenderbarredmuslinwasbeautifulwiththosewideinsetsoflaceandnetaboutthehem,butithadneversuitedhertype.ItwouldsuitCarreen’sdelicateprofileandwishy-washyexpressionperfectly,butScarlettfeltthatitmadeherlooklikeaschoolgirl.ItwouldneverdotoappearschoolgirlishbesideMelanie’spoisedself.Thegreenplaidtaffeta,frothingwithflouncesandeachflounceedgedingreenvelvetribbon,wasmostbecoming,infactherfavoritedress,foritdarkenedhereyestoemerald.Buttherewasunmistakablyagreasespotonthefrontofthebasque.Ofcourse,herbroochcouldbepinnedoverthespot,butperhapsMelaniehadsharpeyes.ThereremainedvaricoloredcottondresseswhichScarlettfeltwerenotfestiveenoughfortheoccasion,balldressesandthegreenspriggedmuslinshehadwornyesterday.Butitwasanafternoondress.Itwasnotsuitableforabarbecue,forithadonlytinypuffedsleevesandtheneckwaslowenoughforadancingdress.

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