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Chapter 50

           Hereferredtoherlovelyhouseasanarchitecturalhorrorandsaidhewouldratherliveinawell-regulatedhotelthanahome.AndheneveroncehintedaboutchildrenasCharlesandFrankhaddone.Oncewhentryingtocoquetwithhimsheaskedwhyhemarriedherandwasinfuriatedwhenherepliedwithanamusedgleaminhiseyes:"Imarriedyoutokeepyouforapet,mydear."

           No,hehadn’tmarriedherforanyoftheusualreasonsmenmarrywomen.Hehadmarriedhersolelybecausehewantedherandcouldn’tgetheranyotherway.Hehadadmittedasmuchthenightheproposedtoher.Hehadwantedher,justashehadwantedBelleWatling.Thiswasnotapleasantthought.Infact,itwasabarefacedinsult.Butsheshruggeditoffasshehadlearnedtoshrugoffallunpleasantfacts.Theyhadmadeabargainandshewasquitepleasedwithhersideofthebargain.Shehopedhewasequallypleasedbutshedidnotcareverymuchwhetherhewasornot.

           ButoneafternoonwhenshewasconsultingDr.Meadeaboutadigestiveupset,shelearnedanunpleasantfactwhichshecouldnotshrugoff.ItwaswithrealhateinhereyesthatshestormedintoherbedroomattwilightandtoldRhettthatshewasgoingtohaveababy.

           Hewaslounginginasilkdressinggowninacloudofsmokeandhiseyeswentsharplytoherfaceasshespoke.Buthesaidnothing.Hewatchedherinsilencebuttherewasatensenessabouthispose,ashewaitedforhernextwords,thatwaslostonher.Indignationanddespairhadclaimedhertotheexclusionofallotherthoughts.

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