In Chapter 4, Scarlett is devastated after realising that Rhett will not help her. As she leaves the prison, she runs into Frank Kennedy in his new carriage. They talk for a while and he tells her how well his new business is doing. Scarlett thinks of borrowing the three hundred dollars she needs but she soon recalls his being engaged to Suellen. Scarlett lies to Frank persuading him that her sister, tired of waiting for him, is going to marry Tony Fontaine. So Scarlett and Frank get married. In Chapter 5, Frank gives the three hundred dollars to Scarlett and she settles her debt. Frank soon realises that Scarlett has tricked him into marriage. He falls ill
and Scarlett learns that their business is not doing as well as she expected, since a lot of people owe a lot of money
to Frank. Rhett Butler is released from jail and visits Scarlett, now Mrs Kennedy. Rhett offers to help her buy the sawmill she wants. Scarlett starts working hard and she makes enough money to buy more sawmills. Many people are shocked to find that she is doing business with the Yankees. Scarlett is surprised to find that she is pregnant and that her father has died. In Chapter 6, Gerald’s funeral takes place back at Tara. Scarlett learns how her father died and how Suellen was about to convince him to sign a Yankee Oath in exchange for money. Gerald finally refused to do so. Yet all the people in town are now furious with Suellen. Scarlett finds out that Ashley is planning to leave Tara for a job in New York. She decides to appoint Ashley a half-owner of her second sawmill so as to ensure that he stays. She offers him the job opportunity but he turns it down. Scarlett makes a scene and Melanie, touched by Scarlett’s desperate tears, persuades her husband to accept the offer.