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Chapter 11

           Fromitshetookapackofletterstiedtogetherwithablueribbon,addressedinAshley’shandtoMelanie.Onthetopwastheletterwhichhadcomethatmorningandthisonesheopened.

           WhenScarlettfirstbegansecretlyreadingtheseletters,shehadbeensostrickenofconscienceandsofearfulofdiscoveryshecouldhardlyopentheenvelopesfortrembling.Now,hernever-too-scrupuloussenseofhonorwasdulledbyrepetitionoftheoffenseandevenfearofdiscoveryhadsubsided.Occasionally,shethoughtwithasinkingheart,"WhatwouldMothersayifsheknew?"SheknewEllenwouldratherseeherdeadthanknowherguiltyofsuchdishonor.ThishadworriedScarlettatfirst,forshestillwantedtobelikehermotherineveryrespect.ButthetemptationtoreadtheletterswastoogreatandsheputthethoughtofEllenoutofhermind.Shehadbecomeadeptatputtingunpleasantthoughtsoutofhermindthesedays.Shehadlearnedtosay,"Iwon’tthinkofthisorthatbothersomethoughtnow.I’llthinkaboutittomorrow."Generallywhentomorrowcame,thethoughteitherdidnotoccuratalloritwassoattenuatedbythedelayitwasnotverytroublesome.SothematterofAshley’slettersdidnotlieveryheavilyonherconscience.

           Melaniewasalwaysgenerouswiththeletters,readingpartsofthemaloudtoAuntPittyandScarlett.ButitwasthepartshedidnotreadthattormentedScarlett,thatdrovehertosurreptitiousreadingofhersister-inlaw’smail.ShehadtoknowifAshleyhadcometolovehiswifesincemarryingher.

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