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Chapter 13

           TheyareenshrinedintheheartsofallloyalSoutherners,andnoonebegrudgesthemthescantmonetaryreturnstheymakefortheirrisks.Theyareunselfishgentlemen,andwehonorthem.Ofthesemen,Idonotspeak.

           "Butthereareotherscoundrelswhomasqueradeunderthecloakoftheblockaderfortheirownselfishgains,andIcalldownthejustwrathandvengeanceofanembattledpeople,fightinginthejustestofCauses,onthesehumanvultureswhobringinsatinsandlaceswhenourmenaredyingforwantofquinine,wholoadtheirboatswithteaandwineswhenourheroesarewrithingforlackofmorphia.IexecratethesevampireswhoaresuckingthelifebloodofthemenwhofollowRobertLeethesemenwhoaremakingtheverynameofblockaderastenchinthenostrilsofallpatrioticmen.Howcanweendurethesescavengersinourmidstwiththeirvarnishedbootswhenourboysaretrampingbarefootintobattle?HowcanwetoleratethemwiththeirchampagnesandtheirpatesofStrasbourgwhenoursoldiersareshiveringabouttheircampfiresandgnawingmoldybacon?IcalluponeveryloyalConfederatetocastthemout."

           Atlantaread,knewtheoraclehadspoken,and,asloyalConfederates,theyhastenedtocastRhettout.

           Ofallthehomeswhichhadreceivedhiminthefallof1862,MissPittypat’swasalmosttheonlyoneintowhichhecouldenterin1863.And,exceptforMelanie,heprobablywouldnothavebeenreceivedthere.AuntPittywasinastatewheneverhewasintown.

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