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@@@@@Not if it's with RhettWhere is he? I've got to tell him! Scarlett turned away from the shell of the house and found herself facing a vista unlike anything she'd ever seen in her lifeThe brick terrace on which she was standing led onto a grass-covered earth parterre, the highest of a series of grass terraces that unfolded in perfectly contoured sweeping movement down to a pair of sculpted lakes in the shape of gigantic butterfly wingsBetween them a wide grassy path led to the river and the boat landingThe extravagant scale was so perfectly proportioned that the great distances appeared less, and the whole was like a carpeted outdoor roomThe lush grass hid the scars of war, as though it had never beenIt was a scene of sunlit tranquillity, of nature lovingly shaped into harmony with manIn the distance a bird sang an extended melody, as if in celebration "Oh, how pretty!" she said aloudMovement to the left of the lowest terrace caught Scarlett's eye Down the terraces-the undulation increased her speed and she felt a giddy, intoxicating, joyful freedom; she laughed and threw her arms wide, a bird or a butterfly about to soar into the blue, blue skies She was breathless when she reached the place where Rhett was standing and watching herScarlett panted, her hand on her chest, until her breath returnedThen, "I've never had such fun!" she said, still half-gasping"What a wonderful place this is, RhettNo wonder you love itDid you run down that lawn when you were a little boy? Did you feel like you could fly? Oh, my darling, how horrible to see the burning! I'm broken-hearted for you; I'd like to kill every Yankee in the world! Oh, Rhett, I've got so much to tell youIt can all come back, darling, just like the grassI understand, I really, truly do understand what you're doing Rhett looked at her strangely, cautiously"What do you 'understand,' Scarlett?" "Why you're here, instead of in townWhy you must bring the plantation back to life Tell me what you've done, what you're going to doIt's so exciting!" Rhett's face lit up, and he gestured toward the long rows of plants behind him"They burned," he said, "but they didn't die