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Chapter 15

           Thegrouphadtwohourstowaitbetweentrainsand,asitwastaxingthediplomacyofthesobermembersofthepartytokeeptheFontainesfromfightingeachotherandperfectstrangersinthedepot,AshleybroughtthemallhometoAuntPittypat’s.

           "You’dthinkthey’dhadenoughfightinginVirginia,"saidCadebitterly,ashewatchedthetwobristlelikegame-cocksoverwhoshouldbethefirsttokisstheflutteringandflatteredAuntPitty."Butno.They’vebeendrunkandpickingfightseversincewegottoRichmond.Theprovostguardtookthemupthereandifithadn’tbeenforAshley’sslicktongue,they’dhavespentChristmasinjail."

           ButScarletthardlyheardawordhesaid,soenrapturedwassheatbeinginthesameroomwithAshleyagain.Howcouldshehavethoughtduringthesetwoyearsthatothermenwereniceorhandsomeorexciting?HowcouldshehaveevenenduredhearingthemmakelovetoherwhenAshleywasintheworld?Hewashomeagain,separatedfromheronlybythewidthoftheparlorrug,andittookallherstrengthnottodissolveinhappytearseverytimeshelookedathimsittingthereonthesofawithMellyononesideandIndiaontheotherandHoneyhangingoverhisshoulder.Ifonlyshehadtherighttosittherebesidehim,herarmthroughhis!Ifonlyshecouldpathissleeveeveryfewminutestomakesurehewasreallythere,holdhishandandusehishandkerchieftowipeawayhertearsofjoy.ForMelaniewasdoingallthesethings,unashamedly.

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