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Chapter 17

           HowcouldanyonenotbelievewithheartandsoulintheinvincibilityofGeneralJohnstonandhismen?Believingwasasacredduty.Andthosewhoweresotraitorousasnottobelieveshould,atleast,havethedecencytokeeptheirmouthsshut.

           Scarlettstruckafewchordsandhervoicefloatedouttothemfromtheparlor,sweetly,sadly,inthewordsofapopularsong:

           "IntoawardofwhitewashedwallsWherethedeadanddyinglayWoundedwithbayonets,shellsandballsSomebody’sdarlingwasborneoneday.

           "Somebody’sdarling!soyoungandsobrave!Wearingstillonhispale,sweetfaceSoontobehidbythedustofthegraveThelingeringlightofhisboyhood’sgrace."

           "Mattedanddamparethecurlsofgold,"mournedScarlett’sfaultysoprano,andFannyhalfroseandsaidinafaint,strangledvoice:"Singsomethingelse!"

           ThepianowassuddenlysilentasScarlettwasovertakenwithsurpriseandembarrassment.Thenshehastilyblunderedintotheopeningbarsof"JacketofGray"andstoppedwithadiscordassherememberedhowheartrendingthatselectionwastoo.Thepianowassilentagainforshewasutterlyataloss.Allthesongshadtodowithdeathandpartingandsorrow.

           Rhettroseswiftly,depositedWadeinFanny’slap,andwentintotheparlor.

           "Play‘MyOldKentuckyHome,’"hesuggestedsmoothly,andScarlettgratefullyplungedintoit.

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