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@@@@@You make me very happy Scarlett couldn't stand another minute of it"Rhett, darling-" His head turned toward her, and she stopped His face was rigid, blank, all emotion withheld by an iron control But his eyes were ? bright; they faced one another for a breathless momentThen his lips turned downward at one corner in the sardonic smile she knew so well and feared so much"It's a fortunate man," he said slowly and clearly, "who receives a greater surprise than he gives He held his hands out for hersScarlett put her trembling fingers into his palms, conscious of the distance his outstretched arms kept between themHis mustache brushed her right cheek, then her leftHe'd like to kill me, she thought, and the danger of it gave her a strange thrillRhett put his arm around her shoulders, his hand clamped like a vise around her upper arm"I'm sure you ladies-and Edward-will excuse us if we leave you," he saidThere was an appealing mixture of boyishness and roguishness in his voice"It's been much too long since I've had a chance to talk to my wifeWe'll go upstairs and leave you to solve the problems of the Confederate Home He propelled Scarlett out the door without giving her an opportunity to make her goodbyesRhett didn't speak while he rushed her up the stairs and into hisbedroomHe closed the door and stood with his back against it"What the hell are you doing here, Scarlett?" She wanted to hold out her arms to him, but the hot rage in his eyes warned her not toScarlett made her eyes widen in innocent misunderstandingHer voice was rushed and charmingly breathless when she spoke"Aunt Eulalie wrote and told me what you were saying, Rhett -about how you longed for me to be here with you, but I wouldn't leave the storeOh, darling, why didn't you tell me? I don't care two pins for the store, not compared to you She watched his eyes war