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Chapter 41

           Startled,shelookedupandmetgrayeyesthatwerebitterandfulloftiredfutility.

           "Scarlett,IwillcometoAtlanta....Icannotfightyouboth."

           Heturnedandwalkedoutoftheroom.Someofthetriumphinherheartwasdulledbyanaggingfear.ThelookinhiseyeswhenhespokehadbeenthesameaswhenhesaidhewouldbelostforeverifhecametoAtlanta.

           AfterSuellenandWillmarriedandCarreenwentofftoCharlestontotheconvent,Ashley,MelanieandBeaucametoAtlanta,bringingDilceywiththemtocookandnurse.PrissyandPorkwereleftatTarauntilsuchatimeasWillcouldgetotherdarkiestohelphiminthefieldsandthenthey,too,wouldcometotown.

           ThelittlebrickhousethatAshleytookforhisfamilywasonIvyStreetdirectlybehindAuntPitty’shouseandthetwobackyardsrantogether,dividedonlybyaraggedovergrownprivethedge.Melaniehadchosenitespeciallyforthisreason.Shesaid,onthefirstmorningofherreturntoAtlantaasshelaughedandcriedandembracedScarlettandAuntPitty,shehadbeenseparatedfromherlovedonesforsolongthatshecouldneverbecloseenoughtothemagain.

           Thehousehadoriginallybeentwostorieshighbuttheupperfloorhadbeendestroyedbyshellsduringthesiegeandtheowner,returningafterthesurrender,hadlackedthemoneytoreplaceit.Hehadcontentedhimselfwithputtingaflatroofontheremainingfirstfloorwhichgavethebuildingthesquat,disproportionatelookofachild’splayhousebuiltofshoeboxes.

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