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Chapter 21

           Negroeswererunningupanddownthestreet,panicintheirfaces;andonporches,whitechildrensatcryinguntended.Thestreetwascrowdedwitharmywagonsandambulancesfilledwithwoundedandcarriagespiledhighwithvalisesandpiecesoffurniture.Menonhorsebackdashedoutofsidestreetspell-melldownPeachtreetowardHood’sheadquarters.InfrontoftheBonnellhouse,oldAmosstoodholdingtheheadofthecarriagehorseandhegreetedScarlettwithrollingeyes.

           "Ain’tyougoneyit,MissScarlett?Weisgoin’now.OleMisspackin’herbag."

           "Going?Where?"

           "Gawdknows,Miss.Somewheres.DeYankeesiscomin’!"

           Shehurriedon,notevensayinggood-by.TheYankeeswerecoming!AtWesleyChapel,shepausedtocatchherbreathandwaitforherhammeringhearttosubside.Ifshedidnotquietherselfshewouldcertainlyfaint.Asshestoodclutchingalamppostforsupport,shesawanofficeronhorsebackcomechargingupthestreetfromFivePointsand,onanimpulse,sheranoutintothestreetandwavedathim.

           "Oh,stop!Please,stop!"

           Hereinedinsosuddenlythehorsewentbackonitshaunches,pawingtheair.Therewereharshlinesoffatigueandurgencyinhisfacebuthistatteredgrayhatwasoffwithasweep.

           "Madam?"

           "Tellme,isittrue?AretheYankeescoming?"

           "I’mafraidso."

           "Doyouknowso?"

           "Yes,Ma’m.Iknowso.AdispatchcameintoheadquartershalfanhouragofromthefightingatJonesboro."

           "AtJonesboro?Areyousure?"

           "I’msure.There’snousetellingprettylies,Madam.

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