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Chapter 24

           Butshehadpromisedandnowtheybelongedtoher,evenasWadeandPrissybelongedtoher,andshemuststruggleandfightforthemaslongasshehadstrengthorbreath.ShecouldhavelefttheminAtlanta,dumpedMelanieintothehospitalanddesertedher.Buthadshedonethat,shecouldneverfaceAshley,eitheronthisearthorinthehereafterandtellhimshehadlefthiswifeandchildtodieamongstrangers.

           Oh,Ashley!Wherewashetonightwhileshetoileddownthishauntedroadwithhiswifeandbaby?WashealiveanddidhethinkofherashelaybehindthebarsatRockIsland?Orwashedeadofsmallpoxmonthsago,rottinginsomelongditchwithhundredsofotherConfederates?

           Scarlett’stautnervesalmostcrackedasasuddennoisesoundedintheunderbrushnearthem.Prissyscreamedloudly,throwingherselftothefloorofthewagon,thebabybeneathher.Melaniestirredfeebly,herhandsseekingthebaby,andWadecoveredhiseyesandcowered,toofrightenedtocry.Thenthebushesbesidethemcrashedapartunderheavyhoovesandalowmoaningbawlassaultedtheirears.

           "It’sonlyacow,"saidScarlett,hervoiceroughwithfright."Don’tbeafool,Prissy.You’vemashedthebabyandfrightenedMissMellyandWade."

           "It’saghos’,"moanedPrissy,writhingfacedownonthewagonboards.

           Turningdeliberately,ScarlettraisedthetreelimbshehadbeenusingasawhipandbroughtitdownacrossPrissy’sback.Shewastooexhaustedandweakfromfrighttotolerateweaknessinanyoneelse."

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