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@@@@@ "Perhaps we should sit downIt's a long, tiring story Slowly, methodically, rigidly unemotional, Rhett told his sister about Scarlett's two earlier marriages, about his proposal and Scarlett's agreement to marry him for his moneyHe also told her about Scarlett's near-obsessive love for Ashley Wilkes throughout all the years he'd known her"But if you knew that, why on earth did you marry her?" Rosemary asked"Why?" Rhett's mouth twisted in a smile "Because she was so full of fire and so recklessly, stubbornly brave Because she was such a child beneath all her pretenses Because she was unlike any woman I had ever knownShe fascinated me, infuriated me, drove me madI loved her as consumingly as she loved himFrom the day I first laid eyes on herIt was a kind of disease There was a weight of sorrow in his voiceHe bowed his head into his two hands and laughed shakilyHis voice was muffled and blurred by his fingers"What a grotesque practical joke life isNow Ashley Wilkes is a free man and would marry Scarlett on a moment's notice, and I want to be rid of herNaturally that makes her determined to have meShe wants only what she cannot have Rhett raised his head"I'm afraid," he said quietly, "afraid that it will all begin againI know that she's heartless and completely selfish, that she's like a child who cries for a toy and then breaks it once she has itBut there are moments when she tilts her head at a certain angle, or she smiles that gleeful smile, or she suddenly looks lost-and I come close to forgetting what I know Rosemary put her hand on his arm