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
