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Chapter 45

           "TheYankeescominghere?"criedPittyand,hersmallfeetturningunderher,shecollapsedonthesofa,toofrightenedfortears.

           "What’sitallabout?Whatdidhemean?Ifyoudon’ttellmeI’llgocrazy!"ScarlettlaidhandsonMelanieandshookherviolentlyasifbyforceshecouldshakeananswerfromher.

           "Mean?Itmeansyou’veprobablybeenthecauseofAshley’sandMr.Kennedy’sdeath!"InspiteoftheagonyoffeartherewasanoteoftriumphinIndia’svoice."StopshakingMelly.She’sgoingtofaint."

           "No,I’mnot,"whisperedMelanie,clutchingthebackofachair.

           "MyGod,myGod!Idon’tunderstand!KillAshley?Please,somebodytellme"

           Archie’svoice,likearustyhinge,cutthroughScarlett’swords.

           "Setdown,"heorderedbriefly."Pickupyoresewin’.Sewlikenothin’hadhappened.Forallweknow,theYankeesmighthavebeenspyin’onthishousesincesundown.Setdown,Isay,andsew."

           Tremblingtheyobeyed,evenPittypickingupasockandholdingitinshakingfingerswhilehereyes,wideasafrightenedchild’swentaroundthecircleforanexplanation.

           "WhereisAshley?Whathashappenedtohim,Melly?"criedScarlett.

           "Where’syourhusband?Aren’tyouinterestedinhim?"India’spaleeyesblazedwithinsanemaliceasshecrumpledandstraightenedthetorntowelshehadbeenmending.

           "India,please!"Melaniehadmasteredhervoicebutherwhite,shakenfaceandtorturedeyesshowedthestrainunderwhichshewaslaboring.

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