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Chapter 19

           SupposetheYankeesshouldcapturethetrainonwhichWadeandPrissywereridingScarlettandMelanieturnedpaleatthethought,foreveryoneknewthatYankeeatrocitiesonhelplesschildrenwereevenmoredreadfulthanonwomen.SoshefearedtosendhimhomeandheremainedinAtlanta,afrightened,silentlittleghost,patteringaboutdesperatelyafterhismother,fearingtohaveherskirtoutofhishandforevenaminute.

           ThesiegewentonthroughthehotdaysofJuly,thunderingdaysfollowingnightsofsullen,ominousstillness,andthetownbegantoadjustitself.Itwasasthough,theworsthavinghappened,theyhadnothingmoretofear.Theyhadfearedasiegeandnowtheyhadasiegeand,afterall,itwasn’tsobad.Lifecouldanddidgoonalmostasusual.Theyknewtheyweresittingonavolcano,butuntilthatvolcanoeruptedtherewasnothingtheycoulddo.Sowhyworrynow?Andprobablyitwouldn’teruptanyway.JustlookhowGeneralHoodisholdingtheYankeesoutofthecity!AndseehowthecavalryisholdingtherailroadtoMacon!Shermanwillnevertakeit!

           Butforalltheirapparentinsoucianceinthefaceoffallingshellsandshorterrations,foralltheirignoringtheYankees,barelyhalfamileaway,andforalltheirboundlessconfidenceintheraggedlineofgraymenintheriflepits,therepulsed,justbelowtheskinofAtlanta,awilduncertaintyoverwhatthenextdaywouldbring.Suspense,worry,sorrow,hungerandthetormentofrising,falling,risinghopewaswearingthatskinthin.

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