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Chapter 7

           Butshecarriedthechildthroughitstimewithaminimumofdiscomfort,borehimwithlittledistressandrecoveredsoquicklythatMammytoldherprivatelyitwasdownrightcommonladiesshouldsuffermore.Shefeltlittleaffectionforthechild,hidethefactthoughshemight.Shehadnotwantedhimandsheresentedhiscomingand,nowthathewashere,itdidnotseempossiblethathewashers,apartofher.

           ThoughsherecoveredphysicallyfromWade’sbirthinadisgracefullyshorttime,mentallyshewasdazedandsick.Herspiritsdrooped,despitetheeffortsofthewholeplantationtorevivethem.Ellenwentaboutwithapuckered,worriedforeheadandGeraldsworemorefrequentlythanusualandbroughtheruselessgiftsfromJonesboro.EvenoldDr.Fontaineadmittedthathewaspuzzled,afterhistonicofsulphur,molassesandherbsfailedtoperkherup.HetoldEllenprivatelythatitwasabrokenheartthatmadeScarlettsoirritableandlistlessbyturns.ButScarlett,hadshewishedtospeak,couldhavetoldthemthatitwasafardifferentandmorecomplextrouble.Shedidnottellthemthatitwasutterboredom,bewildermentatactuallybeingamotherand,mostofall,theabsenceofAshleythatmadeherlooksowoebegone.

           Herboredomwasacuteandeverpresent.TheCountyhadbeendevoidofanyentertainmentorsociallifeeversincetheTroophadgoneawaytowar.AlloftheinterestingyoungmenweregonethefourTarletons,thetwoCalverts,theFontaines,theMunroesandeveryonefromJonesboro,FayettevilleandLovejoywhowasyoungandattractive.Onlytheoldermen,thecripplesandthewomenwereleft,andtheyspenttheirtimeknittingandsewing,growingmorecottonandcorn,raisingmorehogsandsheepandcowsforthearmy.

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