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Chapter 57

           ShehadstartedwithonelittlemillinthoseblackdayswhenAtlantawasbarelystrugglingupfromruinandashesandwantwasstaringherintheface.ShehadfoughtandschemedandnursedthemthroughthedarktimeswhenYankeeconfiscationloomed,whenmoneywastightandsmartmengoingtothewall.AndnowwhenAtlantawascoveringitsscarsandbuildingsweregoingupeverywhereandnewcomersflockingtothetowneveryday,shehadtwofinemills,twolumberyards,adozenmuleteamsandconvictlabortooperatethebusinessatlowcost.Biddingfarewelltothemwaslikeclosingadoorforeveronapartofherlife,abitter,harshpartbutonewhichsherecalledwithanostalgicsatisfaction.

           Shehadbuiltupthisbusinessandnowshehadsolditandshewasoppressedwiththecertaintythat,withoutheratthehelm,Ashleywouldloseitalleverythingthatshehadworkedtobuild.Ashleytrustedeveryoneandstillhardlyknewatwo-by-fourfromasix-by-eight.AndnowshewouldneverbeabletogivehimthebenefitofheradviceallbecauseRhetthadtoldhimthatshelikedtobosseverything.

           "Oh,damnRhett!"shethoughtandasshewatchedhimtheconvictiongrewthathewasatthebottomofallthis.Justhowandwhyshedidnotknow.HewastalkingtoAshleyandhiswordsbroughtherupsharply.

           "Isupposeyou’llturntheconvictsbackrightaway,"hesaid.

           Turntheconvictsback?Whyshouldtherebeanyideaofturningthemback?Rhettknewperfectlywellthatthelargeprofitsfromthemillsgrewoutofthecheapconvictlabor.

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