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@@@@@Elsing and not about my sore toeI won't let anything spoil my funShe tried to push the thoughts aside and gave herself over to enjoymentBut, against her will, her eyes looked often at the sides of the ballroom and the men and women sitting or standing thereHer eyes brushed a tall, bearded pirate who was leaning against a doorjamb, and he bowed to herScarlett's breath caught in her throatShe turned her head to look againThe pirate was wearing a white dress shirt and dark evening trousersNot a costume at all, except for the wide red silk sash tied around hiswaist, with two pistols tucked into it And blue bows tied to the ends of his big beardHis mask was a simple black one over his eyesHe wasn't anyone she knew, was he? So few men f thick beards these daysStill, the way he was standing And the way he seemed to be staring at her, right through the mask When Scarlett looked at him for the third time, he smiled, his teeth very white against his dark beard and swarthy skinshe must be imagining things No, she wasn't; she wouldn't feel this way if it was anyone else Wasn't that just like him? Showing up at a ball that most people couldn't get invited to Rhett could do anything! "Excuse me, I must goNo, really, I mean it She pushed away from the Mandarin and ran to her husband "Edward Teach at your service, ma 'am "Who?" Did he think she hadn't recognized him? "Edward Teach, commonly known as Blackbeard, the greatest villain that ever plowed the waters of the Atlantic Rhett twirled a ribboned lock of the beardScarlett's heart le