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Chapter 24

           RhetthadbroughtherthatlinenandlacefromNassauonthelastboatheslippedthroughtheblockadeandshehadworkedaweektomakethegarment.Resolutelyshetookitbythehemandjerked,putitinhermouthandgnawed,untilfinallythematerialgavewitharipandtorethelength.Shegnawedfuriously,torewithbothhandsandthepetticoatlayinstripsinherhands.Sheknottedtheendswithfingersthatbledfromblistersandshookfromfatigue.

           "Slipthisoverherhorns,"shedirected.ButPrissybalked.

           "Ah’ssceeredofcows,MissScarlett.Ahain’nebberhadnuthin’terdowidcows.Ahain’noyardnigger.Ah’sahousenigger."

           "You’reafoolnigger,andtheworstday’sworkPaeverdidwastobuyyou,"saidScarlettslowly,tootiredforanger."AndifIevergettheuseofmyarmagain,I’llwearthiswhipoutonyou."

           There,shethought,I’vesaid"nigger"andMotherwouldn’tlikethatatall.

           Prissyrolledhereyeswildly,peepingfirstatthesetfaceofhermistressandthenatthecowwhichbawledplaintively.Scarlettseemedthelessdangerousofthetwo,soPrissyclutchedatthesidesofthewagonandremainedwhereshewas.

           Stiffly,Scarlettclimbeddownfromtheseat,eachmovementofagonyofachingmuscles.Prissywasnottheonlyonewhowas"sceered"ofcows.Scarletthadalwaysfearedthem,eventhemildestcowseemedsinistertoher,butthiswasnotimetotruckletosmallfearswhengreatonescrowdedsothickuponher.Fortunatelythecowwasgentle.

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