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Melanie
rose
to
her
feet
,
confused
,
her
heart
quailing
at
the
thought
of
confronting
Rhett
.
The
thought
of
arguing
with
a
man
as
grief
crazed
as
the
one
Mammy
depicted
made
her
go
cold
.
The
thought
of
entering
that
brightly
lighted
room
where
lay
the
little
girl
she
loved
so
much
wrung
her
heart
.
What
could
she
do
?
What
could
she
say
to
Rhett
that
would
ease
his
grief
and
bring
him
back
to
reason
?
For
a
moment
she
stood
irresolute
and
through
the
closed
door
came
the
sound
of
her
boy
's
treble
laughter
.
Like
a
cold
knife
in
her
heart
came
the
thought
of
him
dead
.
Suppose
her
Beau
were
lying
upstairs
,
his
little
body
cold
and
still
,
his
merry
laughter
hushed
.
"
Oh
,
"
she
cried
aloud
,
in
fright
,
and
in
her
mind
she
clutched
him
close
to
her
heart
.
She
knew
how
Rhett
felt
.
If
Beau
were
dead
,
how
could
she
put
him
away
,
alone
with
the
wind
and
the
rain
and
the
darkness
?
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"
Oh
!
Poor
,
poor
Captain
Butler
!
"
she
cried
.
"
I
'll
go
to
him
now
,
right
away
.
"
She
sped
back
to
the
dining
room
,
said
a
few
soft
words
to
Ashley
and
surprised
her
little
boy
by
hugging
him
close
to
her
and
kissing
his
blond
curls
passionately
.
She
left
the
house
without
a
hat
,
her
dinner
napkin
still
clutched
in
her
hand
,
and
the
pace
she
set
was
hard
for
Mammy
's
old
legs
.
Once
in
Scarlett
's
front
hall
,
she
bowed
briefly
to
the
gathering
in
the
library
,
to
the
frightened
Miss
Pittypat
,
the
stately
old
Mrs.
Butler
,
Will
and
Suellen
.
She
went
up
the
stairs
swiftly
,
with
Mammy
panting
behind
her
.
For
a
moment
,
she
paused
before
Scarlett
's
closed
door
but
Mammy
hissed
,
"
No
'm
,
doan
do
dat
.
"
Down
the
hall
Melly
went
,
more
slowly
now
,
and
stopped
in
front
of
Rhett
's
room
.
She
stood
irresolutely
for
a
moment
as
though
she
longed
to
take
flight
.
Then
,
bracing
herself
,
like
a
small
soldier
going
into
battle
,
she
knocked
on
the
door
and
called
softly
:
"
Please
let
me
in
,
Captain
Butler
.
It
's
Mrs.
Wilkes
.
I
want
to
see
Bonnie
.
"
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The
door
opened
quickly
and
Mammy
,
shrinking
back
into
the
shadows
of
the
hall
,
saw
Rhett
huge
and
dark
against
the
blazing
background
of
candles
.
He
was
swaying
on
his
feet
and
Mammy
could
smell
the
whisky
on
his
breath
.
He
looked
down
at
Melly
for
a
moment
and
then
,
taking
her
by
the
arm
,
he
pulled
her
into
the
room
and
shut
the
door
.
Mammy
edged
herself
stealthily
to
a
chair
beside
the
door
and
sank
into
it
wearily
,
her
shapeless
body
overflowing
it
.
She
sat
still
,
weeping
silently
and
praying
.
Now
and
then
she
lifted
the
hem
of
her
dress
and
wiped
her
eyes
.
Strain
her
ears
as
hard
as
she
might
,
she
could
hear
no
words
from
the
room
,
only
a
low
broken
humming
sound
.
Alter
an
interminable
period
,
the
door
cracked
open
and
Melly
's
face
white
and
strained
,
appeared
.