Gone With the Wind. P 1-100

Scarlett is talking with the Tarleton twins. They have recently been kicked out of another school and have just returned to their original home in Georgia. They were talking about everything going on. They had started to make talk about the war and what was going to happen but Scarlett stopped them and said she would not like to hear another word about the war. Then the Tarleton twins said they had some secret and they would tell her if she promised to go to the Wilkes barbeque with them the next day. Scarlett agreed and then they told her that Ashley Wilkes was going to propose to Melanie Hamilton tomorrow at the barbeque. Scarlett's heart broke in two. She composed herself becuase she didnt want the twins to know what was wrong. She let them talk a little more after and then she said it was almost time for dinner. They left but once they were down the rode stopped and talked about why she didnt ask them to stay for dinner and then they decided to go to Able's house and talk about what was going on with the war with him since he was a commander in the army. Scarlett sat on the porch and waited wondering what to do. She loved Ashley and was sure he loved her too. She ran to the end of the drive and waited for her father. Once he arrived home from visiting the Wilkes plantation, she started asking questions. He caught on and figured out what was bothering her. He told her that she could have any boy in the whole county and she shouldnt waste her time on the one boy who wasnt interested in her. They talk and talk, and finally her father tells her it would never work out becuase she and Ashley are too different. Scarlett gets very upset and wonders how he could say such a thing since Mr. and Mrs. O'Hara are so completely different. -* You find out that Ellen O'Hara married Gerald so she could escape her family and a heartbreak that she had been through.