Mrs. Elsing isAtlanta’s secondprominent lady and the wife of Hugh Elsing. Like Mrs. Merriwether, Mrs. Elsing disapproves of Scarlett’s association with the “traitor” Rhett Butler. After the war, Mr. and Mrs. Elsing turn their house into a boarding house where the Meades and the Whitings pay to stay when their houses burn down. After Scarlett marries Rhett, Mrs. Elsing refuses to call on them even though Rhett saved Hugh’s life during the Klu Klux Klan escapade that took Frank Kennedy’s life. This causes Mrs. Elsing to fall out with Melanie Wilkes, whom she’d known since Melanie was a little girl. Much later, Rhett charms Mrs. Elsing into liking him.