. . . She knew only that if she did or said thus-and-so, men would une…

Margaret Mitchell
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. . . She knew only that if she did or said thus-and-so, men would unerringly respond with the complimentary thus-and-so. It was like a mathematical formula and no more difficult, for mathematics was the one subject that had come easy to Scarlett in her schooldays. ✨ Margaret Mitchell (1975). Gone With the Wind, MacMillan Publishing Company
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