In the book I had Ashley pictured completely differently.
In the movie??? Would I pine over Leslie Howard when Clark Gable was around? Ummm..don’t think so, lol.
In regards to the note...the little girl gave him a soft landing, imho.
Maybe some women don’t don’t like big ears. (Not Loretta Young or Carole Lombard, but some women) For what it’s worth, Leslie Howard was a patriot who died when a plane he was in was shot down, possibly because of his covert activities.
[not that I am putting down Gable. Gable enlisted after his wife died in a plane over France. He even flew some combat missions. And his discharge papers were signed by Ronald Reagan. He was also supposedly Hitler’s favorite actor- for some reason.)