Pauline is Ellen O’Hara’s sister. Scarlett finds her boring and overly scrupulous when she visits and learns that she and her other sister, Eulalie, disapprove of Ellen and Gerald’s marriage. After Scarlett starts earning money at the sawmills, she sends money to Pauline, but she and Eulalie later write to her and express their disapproval that she’s become a businesswoman. They insist that Ellen would be ashamed.