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Chapter 8

           Scarlettstoodonthelowerstepofthetrain,apaleprettyfigureinherblackmourningdress,hercrepeveilflutteringalmosttoherheels.Shehesitated,unwillingtosoilherslippersandhems,andlookedaboutintheshoutingtangleofwagons,buggiesandcarriagesforMissPittypat.Therewasnosignofthatchubbypink-cheekedlady,butasScarlettsearchedanxiouslyaspareoldnegro,withgrizzledkinksandanairofdignifiedauthority,cametowardherthroughthemud,hishatinhishand.

           "DisMissScarlett,ain’it?DishyahPeter,MissPitty’scoachman.Doanstepdownindatmud,"heorderedseverely,asScarlettgatheredupherskirtspreparatorytodescending."YouisasbadasMissPittyan’shelakachile‘boutgittin’herfeetswet.Lemmecahyyou."

           HepickedScarlettupwitheasedespitehisapparentfrailnessandageand,observingPrissystandingontheplatformofthetrain,thebabyinherarms,hepaused:"Isdatairchileyo’nuss?MissScarlett,shetooyoungterbehandlin’Mist’Charles’onlies’baby!Butweten’todatlater.Yougal,follerme,an’doanyougodrappin’datbaby."

           ScarlettsubmittedmeeklytobeingcarriedtowardthecarriageandalsototheperemptorymannerinwhichUnclePetercriticizedherandPrissy.AstheywentthroughthemudwithPrissysloshing,pouting,afterthem,sherecalledwhatCharleshadsaidaboutUnclePeter.

           "HewentthroughalltheMexicancampaignswithFather,nursedhimwhenhewaswoundedinfact,hesavedhislife.UnclePeterpracticallyraisedMelanieandme,forwewereveryyoungwhenFatherandMotherdied.AuntPittyhadafallingoutwithherbrother,UncleHenry,aboutthattime,soshecametolivewithusandtakecareofus.Sheisthemosthelplesssouljustlikeasweetgrown-upchild,andUnclePetertreatsherthatway.

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