Jonas Wilkerson, the former overseer of Tara who now works for the Freedmen’s Bureau, and Emmie Slattery arrive at Tara dressed in opulent finery. Wilkerson announces his intention to buy the plantation for Emmie, and Scarlett realizes that he is the man responsible for raising the taxes on Tara to drive the O’Haras away. She curses the visitors and orders them to leave. Wilkerson snidely tells Scarlett that she is no longer high and mighty. Scarlett spits at him as he drives away in his fancy carriage. Desperate, Scarlett decides to go to Atlanta to try to marry Rhett Butler. The thought of marriage to Rhett repulses her, but she has heard of his vast funds, which he reportedly stole from the Confederate treasury. Scarlett cannot seduce Rhett looking ragged and poor, but there is no money for a new dress, so she makes one out of Ellen’s fine green velvet curtains. She decides that if Rhett does not want to marry her, she will offer to become his mistress if he will save Tara. Mammy agrees to help make the dress, on the condition that Scarlett let her act as chaperone.