Унесенные ветром

Chapter 24

           ButshelaidthebabybesideMelanie,scrambledtothegroundand,reachingup,liftedWadeout.Thelittleboysobbed,shrinkingclosetohisnurse.

           "Makehimhush.Ican’tstandit,"saidScarlett,takingthehorsebythebridleandpullinghimtoareluctantstart."Bealittleman,Wade,andstopcryingorIwillcomeoverthereandslapyou."

           WhyhadGodinventedchildren,shethoughtsavagelyassheturnedheranklecruellyonthedarkroaduseless,cryingnuisancestheywere,alwaysdemandingcare,alwaysintheway.Inherexhaustion,therewasnoroomforcompassionforthefrightenedchild,trottingbyPrissy’sside,draggingatherhandandsnifflingonlyawearinessthatshehadbornehim,onlyatiredwonderthatshehadevermarriedCharlesHamilton.

           "MissScarlett,"whisperedPrissy,clutchinghermistress’arm,"doanle’sgoterTara.Dey’snotdar.Dey’salldonegone.MaybedeydaidMawan’all’m."

           TheechoofherownthoughtsinfuriatedherandScarlettshookoffthepinchingfingers.

           "ThengivemeWade’shand.Youcansitrightdownhereandstay."

           "No’m!No’m!"

           "ThenHUSH!"

           Howslowlythehorsemoved!Themoisturefromhisslobberingmouthdrippeddownuponherhand.ThroughhermindranafewwordsofthesongshehadoncesungwithRhettshecouldnotrecalltherest:

           "Justafewmoredaysfortototethewearyload"

           "Justafewmoresteps,"hummedherbrain,overandover,"justafewmorestepsfortototethewearyload."

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