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Chapter 17

           AuntPittyhadhershare,althoughsheprotestedthatitwasmostunbecomingtohavestrangemeninthehousewhenMelaniewasinadelicateconditionandwhengruesomesightsmightbringonprematurebirth.ButMelaniereefeduphertophoopalittlehighertohideherthickeningfigureandthewoundedinvadedthebrickhouse.Therewasendlesscookingandliftingandturningandfanning,endlesshoursofwashingandrerollingbandagesandpickinglint,andendlesswarmnightsmadesleeplessbythebabblingdeliriumofmeninthenextroom.FinallythechokedtowncouldtakecareofnomoreandtheoverflowofwoundedwassentontothehospitalsatMaconandAugusta.

           Withthisbackwashofwoundedbearingconflictingreportsandtheincreaseoffrightenedrefugeescrowdingintothealreadycrowdedtown,Atlantawasinanuproar.Thesmallcloudonthehorizonhadblownupswiftlyintoalarge,sullenstormcloudanditwasasthoughafaint,chillingwindblewfromit.

           Noonehadlostfaithintheinvincibilityofthetroopsbuteveryone,theciviliansatleast,hadlostfaithintheGeneral.NewHopeChurchwasonlythirty-fivemilesfromAtlanta!TheGeneralhadlettheYankeespushhimbacksixty-fivemilesinthreeweeks!Whydidn’theholdtheYankeesinsteadofeverlastinglyretreating?Hewasafoolandworsethanafool.GraybeardsintheHomeGuardandmembersofthestatemilitia,safeinAtlanta,insistedtheycouldhavemanagedthecampaignbetteranddrewmapsontableclothstoprovetheircontentions.

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