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Chapter 57

           Andbesides,I’dhavefreedthemallwhenFatherdiedifthewarhadn’talreadyfreedthem.Butthisisdifferent,Scarlett.Thesystemisopentotoomanyabuses.Perhapsyoudon’tknowitbutIdo.IknowverywellthatJohnnieGallegherhaskilledatleastonemanathiscamp.Maybemorewhocaresaboutoneconvict,moreorless?Hesaidthemanwaskilledtryingtoescape,butthat’snotwhatI’veheardelsewhere.AndIknowheworksmenwhoaretoosicktowork.Callitsuperstition,butIdonotbelievethathappinesscancomefrommoneymadefromthesufferingsofothers."

           "God’snightgown!Youmeangoodness,Ashley,youdidn’tswallowalltheReverendWallace’sbellowingsabouttaintedmoney?"

           "Ididn’thavetoswallowit.Ibelieveditlongbeforehepreachedonit."

           "Then,youmustthinkallmymoneyistainted,"criedScarlettbeginningtobeangry."BecauseIworkedconvictsandownsaloonpropertyand—"Shestoppedshort.BoththeWilkeslookedembarrassedandRhettwasgrinningbroadly.Damnhim,thoughtScarlett,vehemently.He’sthinkingthatI’mstickingmyfingerinotherpeople’spiesagainandsoisAshley.I’dliketocracktheirheadstogether!Sheswallowedherwrathandtriedtoassumeanaloofairofdignitybutwithlittlesuccess.

           "Ofcourse,it’simmaterialtome,"shesaid.

           "Scarlett,don’tthinkI’mcriticizingyou!I’mnot.It’sjustthatwelookatthingsindifferentwaysandwhatisgoodforyoumightnotbegoodforme."

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