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Chapter 26

           AndsotheFontainesstillhadtheirstockandtheirprovisions,butMimosawasheldbythesamestrangesilencethathungoverTara,overthewholecountryside.Alltheslavesexceptfourwomenhouseservantshadrunaway,frightenedbytheapproachoftheYankees.TherewasnotamanontheplaceunlessSally’slittleboy,Joe,hardlyoutofdiapers,couldbecountedasaman.AloneinthebighousewereGrandmaFontaine,inherseventies,herdaughter-inlawwhowouldalwaysbeknownasYoungMiss,thoughshewasinherfifties,andSally,whohadbarelyturnedtwenty.Theywerefarawayfromneighborsandunprotected,butiftheywereafraiditdidnotshowontheirfaces.Probably,thoughtScarlett,becauseSallyandYoungMissweretooafraidoftheporcelain-frailbutindomitableoldGrandmatodarevoiceanyqualms.Scarlettherselfwasafraidoftheoldlady,forshehadsharpeyesandasharpertongueandScarletthadfeltthembothinthepast.

           Thoughunrelatedbybloodandfarapartinage,therewasakinshipofspiritandexperiencebindingthesewomentogether.Allthreeworehome-dyedmourning,allwereworn,sad,worried,allbitterwithabitternessthatdidnotsulkorcomplainbut,nevertheless,peeredoutfrombehindtheirsmilesandtheirwordsofwelcome.Fortheirslavesweregone,theirmoneywasworthless,Sally’shusband,Joe,haddiedatGettysburgandYoungMisswasalsoawidow,foryoungDr.FontainehaddiedofdysenteryatVicksburg.

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