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Chapter 58

           Tokeepinpowerhe’sbeendesperatelymanufacturingKlanoutragestorieswherenoneexist,tellingofloyalRepublicansbeinghungupbythethumbsandhonestdarkieslynchedforrape.Buthe’sshootingatanonexistenttargetandheknowsit.Thankyouforyourapprehensions,buttherehasn’tbeenanactiveKlansinceshortlyafterIstoppedbeingaScallawagandbecameanhumbleDemocrat."

           MostofwhathesaidaboutGovernorBullockwentinoneearandouttheotherforhermindwasmainlyoccupiedwithreliefthattherewasnoKlananylonger.RhettwouldnotbekilledasFrankwaskilled;shewouldn’tloseherstoreorhismoney.Butonewordofhisconversationswamtothetopofhermind.Hehadsaid"we,"linkinghimselfnaturallywiththosehehadoncecalledthe"OldGuard."

           "Rhett,"sheaskedsuddenly,"didyouhaveanythingtodowiththebreakingupoftheKlan?"

           Hegaveheralonglookandhiseyesbegantodance.

           "Mylove,Idid.AshleyWilkesandIaremainlyresponsible."

           "Ashleyandyou?"

           "Yes,platitudinouslybuttruly,politicsmakestrangebedfellows.NeitherAshleynorIcaredmuchforeachotherasbedfellowsbutAshleyneverbelievedintheKlanbecausehe’sagainstviolenceofanysort.AndIneverbelievedinitbecauseit’sdamnedfoolishnessandnotthewaytogetwhatwewant.It’stheonewaytokeeptheYankeesonourneckstillKingdomCome.AndbetweenAshleyandme,weconvincedthehotheadsthatwatching,waitingandworkingwouldgetusfurtherthannightshirtsandfierycrosses."

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