I Will Think About That

Until You've Lost Your Reputation, You Never Realize What A Burden It Was.

If! If! If! There Were So Many Ifs In Life, Never Any Sense Of Security, Always The Dread Of Losing Everything.

Yes, As Rhett Had Prophesied, Marriage Could Be A Lot Of Fun. Not Only Was It Fun But She Was Learning Many Things. That Was Odd In Itself, Because Scarlett Had Thought Life Could Teach Her No More. Now She Felt Like A Child, Every Day On The Brink Of A New Discovery.

I'm Not Asking You To Forgive Me. I'll Never Understand Or Forgive Myself. And If A Bullet Gets Me, So Help Me, I'll Laugh At Myself For Being An Idiot. There's One Thing I Do Know... And That Is That I Love You, Scarlett. In Spite Of You And Me And The Whole Silly World Going To Pieces Around Us, I Love You. Because We're Alike. Bad Lots, Both Of Us. Selfish And Shrewd. But Able To Look Things In The Eyes As We Call Them By Their Right Names.

Scarlett's Mind Went Back Through The Years To The Still Hot Noon At Tara When Grey Smoke Curled Above A Blue-clad Body And Melanie Stood At The Top Of The Stairs With Charles' Sabre In Her Hand. Scarlett Remembered That She Had Thought At The Time: 'how Silly! Melly Couldn't Even Heft That Sword!' But Now She Knew That Had The Necessity Arisen, Melanie Would Have Charged Down Those Stairs And Killed The Yankee - Or Been Killed Herself.