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Chapter 41

           Butwewillbuildback,becausewehaveheartslikeyourstobuildupon.Andaslongaswehavethem,theYankeescanhavetherest!"

           UntilScarlett’sfigurereachedsuchproportionsthatevenAuntPitty’sbigblackshawldidnotconcealhercondition,sheandFrankfrequentlyslippedthroughthebackhedgetojointhesummer-nightgatheringsonMelanie’sporch.Scarlettalwayssatwelloutofthelight,hiddenintheprotectingshadowswhereshewasnotonlyinconspicuousbutcould,unobserved,watchAshley’sfacetoherheart’scontent.

           ItwasonlyAshleywhodrewhertothehouse,fortheconversationsboredandsaddenedher.Theyalwaysfollowedasetpatternfirst,hardtimes;next,thepoliticalsituation;andthen,inevitably,thewar.Theladiesbewailedthehighpricesofeverythingandaskedthegentlemeniftheythoughtgoodtimeswouldevercomeback.Andtheomniscientgentlemenalwayssaid,indeedtheywould.Merelyamatteroftime.Hardtimeswerejusttemporary.Theladiesknewthegentlemenwerelyingandthegentlemenknewtheladiesknewtheywerelying.Buttheyliedcheerfullyjustthesameandtheladiespretendedtobelievethem.Everyoneknewhardtimeswereheretostay.

           Oncethehardtimesweredisposedof,theladiesspokeoftheincreasingimpudenceofthenegroesandtheoutragesoftheCarpetbaggersandthehumiliationofhavingtheYankeesoldiersloafingoneverycorner.

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