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Chapter 25

           Shenevercamewearilyhomeacrossthefieldsandsawthesprawlingwhitehousethatherheartdidnotswellwithloveandthejoyofhomecoming.Sheneverlookedoutofherwindowatgreenpasturesandredfieldsandtalltangledswampforestthatasenseofbeautydidnotfillher.Herloveforthislandwithitssoftlyrollinghillsofbright-redsoil,thisbeautifulredearththatwasbloodcolored,garnet,brickdust,vermilion,whichsomiraculouslygrewgreenbushesstarredwithwhitepuffs,wasonepartofScarlettwhichdidnotchangewhenallelsewaschanging.Nowhereelseintheworldwastherelandlikethis.

           WhenshelookedatTarashecouldunderstand,inpart,whywarswerefought.Rhettwaswrongwhenhesaidmenfoughtwarsformoney.No,theyfoughtforswellingacres,softlyfurrowedbytheplow,forpasturesgreenwithstubbycroppedgrass,forlazyyellowriversandwhitehousesthatwerecoolamidmagnolias.Theseweretheonlythingsworthfightingfor,theredearthwhichwastheirsandwouldbetheirsons’,theredearthwhichwouldbearcottonfortheirsonsandtheirsons’sons.

           ThetrampledacresofTarawereallthatwaslefttoher,nowthatMotherandAshleyweregone,nowthatGeraldwassenilefromshock,andmoneyanddarkiesandsecurityandpositionhadvanishedovernight.Asfromanotherworldsherememberedaconversationwithherfatheraboutthelandandwonderedhowshecouldhavebeensoyoung,soignorant,asnottounderstandwhathemeantwhenhesaidthatthelandwastheonethingintheworldworthfightingfor

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