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she had left itIt was hard on your mother and her sisters, I
fear
In the portrait Solange Robillard was wearing a dress that clung to her
body so tightly that it suggested that she was wearing nothing under
itThat must be what drove men out of their minds, including her
husband, Scarlett thought"Often you remind me of her," Eleanor
said,
and Scarlett was suddenly interested again"How so, Miss Eleanor?"
"Your eyes are shaped the same, that little upward tilt at the corner
of themAnd you have the same intensity, you fairly vibrate with
it
Both of you strike me as in some way more fully alive than most
peopleShe felt very satisfiedEleanor Butler
looked at her fondly"Now I believe I'll have my nap," she saidShe
thought she'd handled that conversation very wellShe'd said nothing
untrue, but she'd managed to avoid saying too muchShe certainly
didn't want her son's wife to know that her grandmother had had
many
lovers and that dozens of duels had been fought over herNo telling
what kind of ideas that might put in Scarlett's head
Eleanor was profoundly disturbed by the obvious trouble between her
son
and his wifeIt was not something she could ask Rhett aboutIf he
wanted her to know, he would have told herAnd Scarlett's reaction
to
her hint about the unpleasant situation with the Courtney man made it
clear that she didn't want to confide her feelings either
Butler closed her eyes and tried to rest
When all was said and done, there was nothing she could do except
hope
for the bestRhett was a grown man and Scarlett a grown woman
Even though, in her opinion, they were behaving like undisciplined
childrenScarlett was trying to rest, tooShe was in the card room,
telescope at ha
