Chapters 4–6: 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.