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Chapter 6

           Thethickdeep-goldlashesthatsetoffthegrayeyesofJohnWilkesandAshleyweresparseandcolorlessinthefacesofHoneyandhersisterIndia.Honeyhadtheoddlashlesslookofarabbit,andIndiacouldbedescribedbynootherwordthanplain.

           Indiawasnowheretobeseen,butScarlettknewsheprobablywasinthekitchengivingfinalinstructionstotheservants.PoorIndia,thoughtScarlett,she’shadsomuchtroublekeepinghousesincehermotherdiedthatshe’sneverhadthechancetocatchanybeauexceptStuartTarleton,anditcertainlywasn’tmyfaultifhethoughtIwasprettierthanshe.

           JohnWilkescamedownthestepstoofferhisarmtoScarlett.Asshedescendedfromthecarriage,shesawSuellensmirkandknewthatshemusthavepickedoutFrankKennedyinthecrowd.

           IfIcouldn’tcatchabetterbeauthanthatoldmaidinbritches!shethoughtcontemptuously,asshesteppedtothegroundandsmiledherthankstoJohnWilkes.

           FrankKennedywashurryingtothecarriagetoassistSuellen,andSuellenwasbridlinginawaythatmadeScarlettwanttoslapher.FrankKennedymightownmorelandthananyoneintheCountyandhemighthaveaverykindheart,butthesethingscountedfornothingagainstthefactthathewasforty,slightandnervousandhadathinginger-coloredbeardandanold-maidish,fussywayabouthim.However,rememberingherplan,Scarlettsmotheredhercontemptandcastsuchaflashingsmileofgreetingathimthathestoppedshort,hisarmoutheldtoSuellenandgoggledatScarlettinpleasedbewilderment.

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