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Chapter 11

           Herlovewasstillayounggirl’sadorationforamanshecouldnotunderstand,amanwhopossessedallthequalitiesshedidnotownbutwhichsheadmired.Hewasstillayounggirl’sdreamofthePerfectKnightandherdreamaskednomorethanacknowledgmentofhislove,wentnofurtherthanhopesofakiss.

           Afterreadingtheletters,shefeltcertainhedidloveher,Scarlett,eventhoughhehadmarriedMelanie,andthatcertaintywasalmostallthatshedesired.Shewasstillthatyounganduntouched.HadCharleswithhisfumblingawkwardnessandhisembarrassedintimaciestappedanyofthedeepveinofpassionatefeelingwithinher,herdreamsofAshleywouldnotbeendingwithakiss.ButthosefewmoonlightnightsalonewithCharleshadnottouchedheremotionsorripenedhertomaturity.Charleshadawakenednoideaofwhatpassionmightbeortendernessortrueintimacyofbodyorspirit.

           Allthatpassionmeanttoherwasservitudetoinexplicablemalemadness,unsharedbyfemales,apainfulandembarrassingprocessthatledinevitablytothestillmorepainfulprocessofchildbirth.Thatmarriageshouldbelikethiswasnosurprisetoher.Ellenhadhintedbeforetheweddingthatmarriagewassomethingwomenmustbearwithdignityandfortitude,andthewhisperedcommentsofothermatronssinceherwidowhoodhadconfirmedthis.Scarlettwasgladtobedonewithpassionandmarriage.

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