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Chapter 11

           WearefightingtheYankees’newrifleswithRevolutionaryWarmuskets,andsoontheblockadewillbetootightforevenmedicalsuppliestoslipin.WeshouldhavepaidheedtocynicslikeButlerwhoknew,insteadofstatesmenwhofeltandtalked.Hesaid,ineffect,thattheSouthhadnothingwithwhichtowagewarbutcottonandarrogance.Ourcottonisworthlessandwhathecalledarroganceisallthatisleft.ButIcallthatarrogancematchlesscourage.If"

           ButScarlettcarefullyfoldeduptheletterwithoutfinishingitandthrustitbackintotheenvelope,tooboredtoreadfurther.Besides,thetoneofthelettervaguelydepressedherwithitsfoolishtalkofdefeat.Afterall,shewasn’treadingMelanie’smailtolearnAshley’spuzzlinganduninterestingideas.ShehadhadtolistentoenoughofthemwhenhesatontheporchatTaraindaysgoneby.

           Allshewantedtoknowwaswhetherhewroteimpassionedletterstohiswife.Sofarhehadnot.Shehadreadeveryletterinthewritingboxandtherewasnothinginanyoneofthemthatabrothermightnothavewrittentoasister.Theywereaffectionate,humorous,discursive,butnotthelettersofalover.Scarletthadreceivedtoomanyardentlovelettersherselfnottorecognizetheauthenticnoteofpassionwhenshesawit.Andthatnotewasmissing.Asalwaysafterhersecretreadings,afeelingofsmugsatisfactionenvelopedher,forshefeltcertainthatAshleystilllovedher.AndalwaysshewonderedsneeringlywhyMelaniedidnotrealizethatAshleyonlylovedherasafriend.

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