近期热门的优选书刊《飘》，轻松有趣温柔的治愈你(12)

“Oh, well，”she said deprecatingly.
“You are a heartless creature, Scarlett, but perhaps that"s part of your charm.”He smiled in his old way, one corner of his mouth curving down, but she knew he was complimenting her.“For, of course, you know you have more charm than the law should permit. Even I have felt it, case-hardened though I am.I"ve often wondered what it was about you that made me always remember you, for I"ve known many ladies who were prettier than you and certainly more clever and, I fear, morally more upright and kind.But, somelw, I always remembered you.Even during the months since the surrender when I was in France and England and hadn"t seen you or heard of you and was enjoying the society of many beautiful ladies, I always remembered you and wondered what you were doing.”
For a moment she was indignant that he should say other women were prettier, more clever and kind than she, but that momentary flare was wiped out in her pleasure that he had remembered her and her charm. So he hadn"t forgotten！That would make things easier.And he was behaving so nicely, almost like a gentleman under the circumstances.Now, all she had to do was bring the subject around to himself, so she could intimate that she had not forgotten him either and then—