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Chapter 42

           Atleast,MammyinsistedhewasaRepublican,sayingshecouldsmellaRepublican,sameasahorsecouldsmellarattlesnake;butnoonebelievedMammy’sstory,fortheremustbesomelimiteventoMelanie’scharity.Atleasteveryonehopedso.

           Yes,thoughtScarlett,sittingonthesideporchinthepaleNovembersunshinewiththebabyonherlap,heisoneofMelanie’slamedogs.Andhe’sreallylame,atthat!

           Themanwhowasmakinghiswayacrossthebackyardstumped,likeWillBenteen,onawoodenleg.Hewasatall,thinoldmanwithabaldhead,whichshonepinkishlydirty,andagrizzledbeardsolonghecouldtuckitinhisbelt.Hewasoversixty,tojudgebyhishard,seamedface,buttherewasnosagofagetohisbody.Hewaslankandungainlybut,evenwithhiswoodenpeg,hemovedasswiftlyasasnake.

           Hemountedthestepsandcametowardherand,evenbeforehespoke,revealinginhistonesatwangandaburringof"rs"unusualinthelowlands,Scarlettknewthathewasmountainborn.Forallhisdirty,raggedclothestherewasabouthim,asaboutmostmountaineers,anairoffiercesilentpridethatpermittednolibertiesandtoleratednofoolishness.Hisbeardwasstainedwithtobaccojuiceandalargewadinhisjawmadehisfacelookdeformed.Hisnosewasthinandcraggy,hiseyebrowsbushyandtwistedintowitches’locksandalushgrowthofhairsprangfromhisears,givingthemthetuftedlookofalynx’sears.Beneathhisbrowwasonehollowsocketfromwhichascarrandownhischeek,carvingadiagonallinethroughhisbeard.

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