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“The Irish，”said he, lowering his chair back to level and removing his hands from his pockets，“are the damnedest race. They put so much emphasis on so many wrong things.Land, for instance.And every bit of earth is just like every other bit.Now, let me get this straight, Scarlett.You are coming to me with a business proposition.I"ll give you three hundred dollars and you"ll become my mistress.”
“Yes.”
Now that the repulsive word had been said, she felt somehow easier and hope awoke in her again. He had said“I"11 give you.”There was a diabolic gleam in his eyes as if something amused him greatly.
“And yet, when I had the effrontery to make you this same proposition, you turned me out of the house. And also you called me a number of very hard names and mentioned in passing that you didn"t want a‘passel of brats."No, my dear, I"m not rubbing it in.I"m only wondering at the peculiarities of your mind.You wouldn"t do it for your own pleasure but you will to keep the wolf away from the door.It proves my point that all virtue is merely a matter of prices.”