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Chapter 23

           "Didyoueverreallyhaveahusband,mydear?"hewhisperedandlaughedsoftly.

           Ifhewouldonlybeserious!Ifhewouldonlyhurry!

           "HowdoyousupposeIgotmyboy?"shecriedfiercely.

           "Oh,thereareotherwaysthanhusbands"

           "Willyouhushandhurry?"

           Buthedrewreinabruptly,almostatMariettaStreet,intheshadowofawarehousenotyettouchedbytheflames.

           "Hurry!"Itwastheonlywordinhermind.Hurry!Hurry!

           "Soldiers,"hesaid.

           ThedetachmentcamedownMariettaStreet,betweentheburningbuildings,walkingatroutestep,tiredly,riflesheldanyway,headsdown,toowearytohurry,toowearytocareiftimberswerecrashingtorightandleftandsmokebillowingaboutthem.Theywereallragged,soraggedthatbetweenofficersandmentherewerenodistinguishinginsigniaexcepthereandthereatornhatbrimpinnedupwithawreathed"C.S.A."Manywerebarefootedandhereandthereadirtybandagewrappedaheadorarm.Theywentpast,lookingneithertoleftnorright,sosilentthathaditnotbeenforthesteadytrampoffeettheymightallhavebeenghosts.

           "Takeagoodlookatthem,"cameRhett’sgibingvoice,"soyoucantellyourgrandchildrenyousawtherearguardoftheGloriousCauseinretreat."

           Suddenlyshehatedhim,hatedhimwithastrengththatmomentarilyoverpoweredherfear,madeitseempettyandsmall.Sheknewhersafetyandthatoftheothersinthebackofthewagondependedonhimandhimalone,butshehatedhimforhissneeringatthoseraggedranks.

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