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Chapter 23

           ShethoughtofCharleswhowasdeadandAshleywhomightbedeadandallthegayandgallantyoungmenwhowererottinginshallowgravesandsheforgotthatshe,too,hadoncethoughtthemfools.Shecouldnotspeak,buthatredanddisgustburnedinhereyesasshestaredathimfiercely.

           Asthelastofthesoldierswerepassing,asmallfigureintherearrank,hisriflebuttdraggingtheground,wavered,stoppedandstaredaftertheotherswithadirtyfacesodulledbyfatiguehelookedlikeasleepwalker.HewasassmallasScarlett,sosmallhisriflewasalmostastallashewas,andhisgrime-smearedfacewasunbearded.Sixteenatthemost,thoughtScarlettirrelevantly,mustbeoneoftheHomeGuardorarunawayschoolboy.

           Asshewatched,theboy’skneesbuckledslowlyandhewentdowninthedust.Withoutaword,twomenfelloutofthelastrankandwalkedbacktohim.One,atallsparemanwithablackbeardthathungtohisbelt,silentlyhandedhisownrifleandthatoftheboytotheother.Then,stooping,hejerkedtheboytohisshoulderswithaneasethatlookedlikesleightofhand.Hestartedoffslowlyaftertheretreatingcolumn,hisshouldersbowedundertheweight,whiletheboy,weak,infuriatedlikeachildteasedbyitselders,screamedout:"Putmedown,damnyou!Putmedown!Icanwalk!"

           Thebeardedmansaidnothingandploddedonoutofsightaroundthebendoftheroad.

           Rhettsatstill,thereinslaxinhishands,lookingafterthem,acuriousmoodylookonhisswarthyface.

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