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his eyes

understanding

and pity.

☆、正文 Chapter 31（1）

On a cold

January

afternoon

in 1866,

Scarlett

sat in the

office

writing a

letter to

Aunt

Pitty,

explaining

in detail

for the

tenth time

why

neither

she,

Melanie

nor Ashley

could come

back to

Atlanta to

live with

her. She

wrote

impatiently

because

she knew

Aunt Pitty

would read

no farther

than the

opening

lines and

then write

her again,

wailing:

“But I’m

afraid to

live by

myself!”

Her hands

were

chilled

and she