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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: surprise and embarrassment. Then she hastily blundered into the
opening bars of "Jacket of Gray" and stopped with a discord as she
remembered how heartrending that selection was too. The piano was
silent again for she was utterly at a loss. All the songs had to
do with death and parting and sorrow.
Rhett rose swiftly, deposited Wade in Fanny's lap, and went into
the parlor.
"Play 'My Old Kentucky Home,'" he suggested smoothly, and Scarlett
gratefully plunged into it. Her voice was joined by Rhett's
excellent bass, and as they went into the second verse those on the
porch breathed more easily, though Heaven knew it was none too
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