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Chapter 24

           Tarawasnotdeserted.Someonewashome!

           Acryofjoyrosetoherthroatanddiedthere.Thehousewassodarkandstillandthefiguredidnotmoveorcalltoher.Whatwaswrong?Whatwaswrong?Tarastoodintact,yetshroudedwiththesameeeriequietthathungoverthewholestrickencountryside.Thenthefiguremoved.Stifflyandslowly,itcamedownthesteps.

           "Pa?"shewhisperedhuskily,doubtingalmostthatitwashe."It’smeKatieScarlett.I’vecomehome."

           Geraldmovedtowardher,silentasasleepwalker,hisstifflegdragging.Hecameclosetoher,lookingatherinadazedwayasifhebelievedshewaspartofadream.Puttingouthishand,helaiditonhershoulder.Scarlettfeltittremble,trembleasifhehadbeenawakenedfromanightmareintoahalf-senseofreality.

           "Daughter,"hesaidwithaneffort."Daughter."

           Thenhewassilent.

           Whyhe’sanoldman!thoughtScarlett.

           Gerald’sshoulderssagged.Inthefacewhichshecouldonlyseedimly,therewasnoneofthevirility,therestlessvitalityofGerald,andtheeyesthatlookedintohershadalmostthesamefear-stunnedlookthatlayinlittleWade’seyes.Hewasonlyalittleoldmanandbroken.

           Andnow,fearofunknownthingsseizedher,leapedswiftlyoutofthedarknessatherandshecouldonlystandandstareathim,allthefloodofquestioningdammedupatherlips.

           FromthewagonthefaintwailingsoundedagainandGeraldseemedtorousehimselfwithaneffort.

           "It’sMelanieandherbaby,"whisperedScarlettrapidly.

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