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Chapter 1

           Andraisinggoodcotton,ridingwell,shootingstraight,dancinglightly,squiringtheladieswitheleganceandcarryingone’sliquorlikeagentlemanwerethethingsthatmattered. 

           Intheseaccomplishmentsthetwinsexcelled,andtheywereequallyoutstandingintheirnotoriousinabilitytolearnanythingcontainedbetweenthecoversofbooks. Theirfamilyhadmoremoney,morehorses,moreslavesthananyoneelseintheCounty,buttheboyshadlessgrammarthanmostoftheirpoorCrackerneighbors. 

           ItwasforthisprecisereasonthatStuartandBrentwereidlingontheporchofTarathisAprilafternoon. TheyhadjustbeenexpelledfromtheUniversityofGeorgia,thefourthuniversitythathadthrownthemoutintwoyears; andtheirolderbrothers,TomandBoyd,hadcomehomewiththem,becausetheyrefusedtoremainataninstitutionwherethetwinswerenotwelcome. StuartandBrentconsideredtheirlatestexpulsionafinejoke,andScarlett,whohadnotwillinglyopenedabooksinceleavingtheFayettevilleFemaleAcademytheyearbefore,thoughtitjustasamusingastheydid. 

           "Iknowyoutwodon’tcareaboutbeingexpelled,orTomeither,"shesaid. "ButwhataboutBoyd? He’skindofsetongettinganeducation,andyoutwohavepulledhimoutoftheUniversityofVirginiaandAlabamaandSouthCarolinaandnowGeorgia. He’llnevergetfinishedatthisrate." 

           "Oh,hecanreadlawinJudgeParmalee’sofficeoverinFayetteville,"answeredBrentcarelessly. "Besides,itdon’tmattermuch. We’dhavehadtocomehomebeforethetermwasoutanyway." 

           "Why?" 

           "Thewar,goose! Thewar’sgoingtostartanyday,andyoudon’tsupposeanyofuswouldstayincollegewithawargoingon,doyou?" 

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