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@@@@@ He's having fun, she thought, making those jokes of his that he knows I hardly ever understandJust the way he used to before before things went badI mustn't put my foot wrong now What would I have said, before I loved him so much? "I'm surprised that you'd come to a ball in Atlanta when there are such big doings in your precious Charleston," she said Not exactly mean, but not too loving, eitherRhett's eyebrows rose in black crescents above hismask, Scarlett held her breathHe'd always done that when he was amusedShe was acting just right "How do you come to be so informed about Charleston's social life, Scarlett?" "I read the paper,; Some silly woman keeps going on and on about some horseraceShe thought he was smiling, but she couldn't really- see his lipsI read the newspapers, said Rhett GCEven in Charleston it's news when an upstart country town like Atlanta decides to pretend that it's New OrleansHe had taken her there for their honeymoonTake me there again, she wanted to say, we'll start over, and everything will be differentBut she mustn't say thatHer mind leapt quickly from one memory to anotherNarrow cobbled streets, tall shadowy rooms with great mirrors framed in dull gold, strange and marvelous foods "I'll admit the refreshments aren't as fancy," she said grudgingly "A powerful understatement I'm making him laughI haven't heard him laugh for ages He must have seen the men flocking to dance with me"How did you know it was me?" she said"I only had to look for the most ostentatiously dressed woman, Scarle