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She forgot that she was trying to amuse him"You don't look exactly
handsome, Rhett Butler, with that foolish beardMight as well stick a
bearskin over your face
"It was the fullest disguise I could think ofThere are a number of
people in Atlanta that I'm not anxious to have recognize me too
easily
"Then why did you come? Not just to insult me, I don't suppose
"I promised you I'd make myself visible often enough to keep down
gossip, Scarlett
This was a perfect occasion
"What good does a masked ball do?
Nobody knows who anybody is
"At midnight the masks come off
That's about four minutes from nowWe'll waltz to visibility, then
leave Rhett took her in his arms, and Scarlett forgot her anger,
forgot the peril of unmasking before her enemies, forgot the world
Nothing was important but that he was here and holding her
Scarlett lay awake most of the night, struggling to understand what
had
happenedEverything was fine at the Ball When twelve o'clock
came, DrMeade said that everyone should take off their masks, and
Rhett was laughing when he yanked off hisbeard, tooI'd take an oath
he was enjoying himselfHe kind of saluted the doctor and bowed to
MrsMeade and then he whisked me out of there as easy as a greased
pigHe didn't even notice the way people turned their backs on me,
at
least he didn't let on if he didHe was grinning from ear to ear
And in the carriage coming home it was too dark to see his face1 but
his voice sounded fi
