These past twenty pages or so have been short, but not so sweet. Scarlett faces even more hardships with her desire to save her beloved town and is stooping to a new low now just trying to earn a couple bucks. Here's what I'm referencing:
Scarlett encounters Frank Kennedy in a new buggy while she is walking out of Rhett's prison shamefully. Frank says that he now owns a store and plans to buy a sawmill soon, which would be extremely profitable because of all the rebuilding needed in Atlanta. This obviously means Frank has money. (lightbulb?) Despite Frank’s engagement to Suellen, Scarlett determines that she must marry Frank in order to pay the taxes on Tara so he tells Frank that Suellen is set to marry another man, which I don't see as very sisterly. Scarlett realizes this too and that contrary to most well-bred Southerners, she would rather have money than pride.
Scarlett has realized a harsh reality, that money can sometimes buy happiness. Unfortunately for her, she must ruin her sister's engagement to save her town. Which I was slightly confused on, since her sister is in her family...so couldn't she just get the money from the dude when she marries him and give the money to Scarlett to save Tara? maybe I'm really wrong. Oh well. Either way, I'm excited to find out where this new path takes Scarlett :)
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