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Chapter 14

           Theyonlyknew,assurelyastheyknewtherewasajustandjealousGodinHeaven,thatLeewasmiraculousandtheArmyofVirginiainvincible.

           Scarlett,MelanieandMissPittypatsatinfrontoftheDailyExaminerofficeinthecarriagewiththetopback,shelteredbeneaththeirparasols.Scarlett’shandsshooksothatherparasolwobbledaboveherhead,Pittywassoexcitedhernosequiveredinherroundfacelikearabbit’s,butMelaniesatasthoughcarvedofstone,herdarkeyesgrowinglargerandlargerastimewentby.Shemadeonlyoneremarkintwohours,asshetookavialofsmellingsaltsfromherreticuleandhandedittoheraunt,theonlytimeshehadeverspokentoher,inherwholelife,withanythingbuttenderestaffection.

           "Takethis,Auntie,anduseitifyoufeelfaint.Iwarnyouifyoudofaintyou’lljusthavetofaintandletUnclePetertakeyouhome,forI’mnotgoingtoleavethisplacetillIhearabouttillIhear.AndI’mnotgoingtoletScarlettleaveme,either."

           Scarletthadnointentionofleaving,nointentionofplacingherselfwhereshecouldnothavethefirstnewsofAshley.No,evenifMissPittydied,shewouldn’tleavethisspot.Somewhere,Ashleywasfighting,perhapsdying,andthenewspaperofficewastheonlyplacewhereshecouldlearnthetruth.

           Shelookedaboutthecrowd,pickingoutfriendsandneighbors,Mrs.Meadewithherbonnetaskewandherarmthroughthatoffifteen-year-oldPhil;theMissesMcLuretryingtomaketheirtremblingupperlipscovertheirbuckteeth;Mrs.

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