Унесенные ветром

Chapter 21

           Shepushedherwayswiftlythroughthecrowds,pastthepacked,hystericalmobsurgingintheopenspaceofFivePoints,andhurriedasfastasshecoulddowntheshortblocktowardthedepot.Throughthetangleofambulancesandthecloudsofdust,shecouldseedoctorsandstretcherbearersbending,lifting,hurrying.ThankGod,she’dfindDr.Meadesoon.AssheroundedthecorneroftheAtlantaHotelandcameinfullviewofthedepotandthetracks,shehaltedappalled.

           Lyinginthepitilesssun,shouldertoshoulder,headtofeet,werehundredsofwoundedmen,liningthetracks,thesidewalks,stretchedoutinendlessrowsunderthecarshed.Somelaystiffandstillbutmanywrithedunderthehotsun,moaning.Everywhere,swarmsofflieshoveredoverthemen,crawlingandbuzzingintheirfaces,everywherewasblood,dirtybandages,groans,screamedcursesofpainasstretcherbearersliftedmen.Thesmellofsweat,ofblood,ofunwashedbodies,ofexcrementroseupinwavesofblisteringheatuntilthefetidstenchalmostnauseatedher.Theambulancemenhurryinghereandthereamongtheprostrateformsfrequentlysteppedonwoundedmen,sothicklypackedweretherows,andthosetroddenuponstaredstolidlyup,waitingtheirturn.

           Sheshrankback,clappingherhandtohermouthfeelingthatshewasgoingtovomit.Shecouldn’tgoon.Shehadseenwoundedmeninthehospitals,woundedmenonAuntPitty’slawnafterthefightingatthecreek,butneveranythinglikethis.Neveranythinglikethesestinking,bleedingbodiesbroilingundertheglaringsun.

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