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Chapter 17

           SowerePineMountainandLostMountainnearbywhichwerealsofortified.TheYankeescouldn’tdislodgeOldJoe’smenandtheycouldhardlyflankthemnowforthebatteriesonthemountaintopscommandedalltheroadsformiles.Atlantabreathedmoreeasily,but

           ButKennesawMountainwasonlytwenty-twomilesaway!

           OnthedaywhenthefirstwoundedfromKennesawMountainwerecomingin,Mrs.Merriwether’scarriagewasatAuntPitty’shouseattheunheard-ofhourofseveninthemorning,andblackUncleLevisentupwordthatScarlettmustdressimmediatelyandcometothehospital.FannyElsingandtheBonnellgirls,rousedearlyfromslumber,wereyawningonthebackseatandtheElsings’mammysatgrumpilyonthebox,abasketoffreshlylaunderedbandagesonherlap.OffScarlettwent,unwillinglyforshehaddancedtilldawnthenightbeforeattheHomeGuard’spartyandherfeetweretired.ShesilentlycursedtheefficientandindefatigableMrs.Merriwether,thewoundedandthewholeSouthernConfederacy,asPrissybuttonedherinheroldestandraggedestcalicofrockwhichsheusedforhospitalwork.Gulpingdownthebitterbrewofparchedcornanddriedsweetpotatoesthatpassedforcoffee,shewentouttojointhegirls.

           Shewassickofallthisnursing.ThisverydayshewouldtellMrs.MerriwetherthatEllenhadwrittenhertocomehomeforavisit.

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