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Chapter 26

           Shehadimaginedthatsoundtooofteninthenightsanddaysoftheselasttwoweeks,justasshehadimaginedsheheardtherustleofEllen’sskirts.Herhearthammered,asitalwaysdidatsuchmoments,beforeshetoldherselfsternly:"Don’tbeafool."

           Butthehoovessloweddowninastartlinglynaturalwaytotherhythmofawalkandtherewasthemeasuredscrunch-scrunchonthegravel.ItwasahorsetheTarletons,theFontaines!Shelookedupquickly.ItwasaYankeecavalryman.

           Automatically,shedodgedbehindthecurtainandpeeredfascinatedathimthroughthedimfoldsofthecloth,sostartledthatthebreathwentoutofherlungswithagasp.

           Hesatslouchedinthesaddle,athick,rough-lookingmanwithanunkemptblackbeardstragglingoverhisunbuttonedbluejacket.Littleclose-seteyes,squintinginthesunglare,calmlysurveyedthehousefrombeneaththevisorofhistightbluecap.Asheslowlydismountedandtossedthebridlereinsoverthehitchingpost,Scarlett’sbreathcamebacktoherassuddenlyandpainfullyasafterablowinthestomach.

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