Chapter 44

           Themarchafternoonwaswindyandcold,andScarlettpulledthelaprobehighunderherarmsasshedroveouttheDecaturroadtowardJohnnieGallegher’smill.Drivingalonewashazardousthesedaysandsheknewit,morehazardousthaneverbefore,fornowthenegroeswerecompletelyoutofhand.AsAshleyhadprophesied,therehadbeenhelltopaysincethelegislaturerefusedtoratifytheamendment.ThestoutrefusalhadbeenlikeaslapinthefaceofthefuriousNorthandretaliationhadcomeswiftly.TheNorthwasdeterminedtoforcethenegrovoteonthestateand,tothisend,Georgiahadbeendeclaredinrebellionandputunderthestrictestmartiallaw.Georgia’sveryexistenceasastatehadbeenwipedoutandithadbecome,withFloridaandAlabama,"MilitaryDistrictNumberThree,"underthecommandofaFederalgeneral.

           Iflifehadbeeninsecureandfrighteningbeforethis,itwasdoublysonow.ThemilitaryregulationswhichhadseemedsostringenttheyearbeforewerenowmildbycomparisonwiththeonesissuedbyGeneralPope.Confrontedwiththeprospectofnegrorule,thefutureseemeddarkandhopeless,andtheembitteredstatesmartedandwrithedhelplessly.Asforthenegroes,theirnewimportancewenttotheirheads,and,realizingthattheyhadtheYankeeArmybehindthem,theiroutragesincreased.Noonewassafefromthem.

           Inthiswildandfearfultime,Scarlettwasfrightenedfrightenedbutdetermined,andshestillmadeherroundsalone,withFrank’spistoltuckedintheupholsteryofthebuggy.

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