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Chapter 14

           Elsing’sthinlipsquiverasshegatheredherdaughterinherarmsandsaidquietlytothecoachman:"Home.Quickly."Scarletttookaquickglanceatthelists.HughElsingwasnotlisted.Fannymusthavehadabeauandnowhewasdead.ThecrowdmadewayinsympatheticsilencefortheElsings’carriage,andafterthemfollowedthelittlewickerponycartoftheMcLuregirls.MissFaithwasdriving,herfacelikearock,andforonce,herteethwerecoveredbyherlips.MissHope,deathinherface,saterectbesideher,holdinghersister’sskirtinatightgrasp.Theylookedlikeveryoldwomen.TheiryoungbrotherDallaswastheirdarlingandtheonlyrelativethemaidenladieshadintheworld.Dallaswasgone.

           "Melly!Melly!"criedMaybelle,joyinhervoice,"Reneissafe!AndAshley,too!Oh,thankGod!"Theshawlhadslippedfromhershouldersandherconditionwasmostobviousbut,foronce,neithershenorMrs.Merriwethercared."Oh,Mrs.Meade!Rene"Hervoicechanged,swiftly,"Melly,look!Mrs.Meade,please!Darcyisn’t?"

           Mrs.Meadewaslookingdownintoherlapandshedidnotraiseherheadwhenhernamewascalled,butthefaceoflittlePhilbesideherwasanopenbookthatallmightread.

           "There,there,Mother,"hesaid,helplessly.Mrs.Meadelookedup,meetingMelanie’seyes.

           "Hewon’tneedthosebootsnow,"shesaid.

           "Oh,darling!"criedMelly,beginningtosob,assheshovedAuntPittyontoScarlett’sshoulderandscrambledoutofthecarriageandtowardthatofthedoctor’swife.

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