Gone With the Wind. P 200-300

After Rhett helped Scarlett she discover that she was going to go to parties and doing things that women in mourning didn't or should do. She started to spend more and more time with Rhett and every time he came to visit he would bring gifts. She began thinking that she may possibly have more feelings for Rhett, but then she remembered how much she cared for Ashley. The war was starting to be questionable for the Confederacy and supplies to the South were beginning to be hard to come by.Rhett somehow always found a way to get the people what they needed and soon was becoming to be quite popular amongst the people. After a short period of time he began to do things that would upset the people so he didnt lose his reputation for being bad. The people once again did not approve of him, but Melanie said that he was a gentleman and she would never not allow him in her house. Scarlett was glad at this and surprised. Finally at Christmas, Ashley came home. Scarlett wanted to have alone time with him but didnt get to until he left. Right before he was leaving, she told him that she loved him and always would. He was glad at this, yet also ashamed for he already had his wife. After he left scarlett knew that he must love her. They then got a letter saying that Ashley was missing. Rhett did some investigating and found out he was not dead, but taken prisoner by the Yankees. Ashley had gotten the option to leave the prison camp and become a soldier with the war against the indians, but he said no. Scarlett did not understand, but Melanie who was now pregnant with Ashley's baby said she would rather have him die in the prison camp than to be a traitor against the confederacy.