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Chapter 8

           Perhapsitmighthavebeenendurableifshehadbeenpermittedtousehercharmsontheconvalescentmen,formanyofthemwereattractiveandwellborn,butthisshecouldnotdoinherwidowedstate.Theyoungladiesofthetown,whowerenotpermittedtonurseforfeartheywouldseesightsunfitforvirgineyes,hadtheconvalescentwardsintheircharge.Unhamperedbymatrimonyorwidowhood,theymadevastinroadsontheconvalescents,andeventheleastattractivegirls,Scarlettobservedgloomily,hadnodifficultyingettingengaged.

           Withtheexceptionofdesperatelyillandseverelywoundedmen,Scarlett’swasacompletelyfeminizedworldandthisirkedher,forsheneitherlikednortrustedherownsexand,worsestill,wasalwaysboredbyit.Butonthreeafternoonsaweekshehadtoattendsewingcirclesandbandage-rollingcommitteesofMelanie’sfriends.ThegirlswhohadallknownCharleswereverykindandattentivetoheratthesegatherings,especiallyFannyElsingandMaybelleMerriwether,thedaughtersofthetowndowagers.Buttheytreatedherdeferentially,asifshewereoldandfinished,andtheirconstantchatterofdancesandbeauxmadeherbothenviousoftheirpleasuresandresentfulthatherwidowhoodbarredherfromsuchactivities.Why,shewasthreetimesasattractiveasFannyandMaybelle!Oh,howunfairlifewas!Howunfairthateveryoneshouldthinkherheartwasinthegravewhenitwasn’tatall!ItwasinVirginiawithAshley!

           Butinspiteofthesediscomforts,Atlantapleasedherverywell.Andhervisitlengthenedastheweeksslippedby.

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