俩口子去买衣服，老婆在一件厚厚的和一件薄薄的衣服之间犹豫，不知道哪一件好，于是问老公：“你说买哪一件好?”老公说：“如果你会洗衣服，就买厚的那件。”老婆笑了笑，叫老板：“把这件薄的给我包起来。”

Atlanta,1873.It’sanotherday(Melanie’sfuneral,infact),andScarlettisdeterminedtowinbackRhett(who’sspendingalotoftimewithBelleWatling).First,shegoestoTaraandspatswithSueEllenoverTara.ThenshegoestoCharleston,presentingherselftoRhett’smotherandfriends,toRhett’sdismay.Butwhenshe’scaughtinacompromisingpositionwithAshely,sheretirestohermother’speopleinSavannah,andheroverbearinggrandfatherRobelard,whileRhettcourtsanewbride.ScarlettalsoseeksoutherO’HararelativesandmeetshercousinColum,apriest(andgunrunner).Andknowingthem,shegoestoIreland.ThereshemeetsthehandsomeEarlofFenton,whoownsBallyhara,theancestralhomeoftheO’Haras.AndwhenScarlettbuysitfromhim,shebecomesthefinancialandspiritualheadofthefamily.Buthernewfoundhappinessisshort-livedasdisastersstrike,andshemustrelyonRhett’sloveforhertosaveherfromthegallows.