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Chapter 43

           Therewassomethingfamiliarintheideaheexpressed.Shehadaconfusedmemoryofhavingheardsimilarwordsbutshecouldnotrememberwhenandwhere.Shedidnotthinkveryhardaboutitforherangerwashot.

           "IfyouhadyourwayallthedecentmenintheSouthwouldbedead!"

           "Andiftheyhadtheirway,IthinkAshley’skindwouldprefertobedead.Deadwithneatstonesabovethem,saying:‘HereliesasoldieroftheConfederacy,deadfortheSouthland’or‘Dulceetdecorumest—’oranyoftheotherpopularepitaphs."

           "Idon’tseewhy!"

           "Youneverseeanythingthatisn’twritteninlettersafoothighandthenshovedunderyournose,doyou?Iftheyweredead,theirtroubleswouldbeover,there’dbenoproblemstoface,problemsthathavenosolutions.Moreover,theirfamilieswouldbeproudofthemthroughcountlessgenerations.AndI’veheardthedeadarehappy.DoyousupposeAshleyWilkesishappy?"

           "Why,ofcourse—"shebeganandthensherememberedthelookinAshley’seyesrecentlyandstopped.

           "IshehappyorHughElsingorDr.Meade?Anymorethanmyfatherandyourfatherwerehappy?"

           "Well,perhapsnotashappyastheymightbe,becausethey’vealllosttheirmoney."

           Helaughed.

           "Itisn’tlosingtheirmoney,mypet.Itellyouit’slosingtheirworldtheworldtheywereraisedin.They’relikefishoutofwaterorcatswithwings.Theywereraisedtobecertainpersons,todocertainthings,tooccupycertainniches.

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