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Chapter 26

           "Mercyme,allourfieldhandsaregoneandthere’snobodytopickit!"mimickedGrandmaandbentasatiricglanceonScarlett."What’swrongwithyourownprettypaws,Miss,andthoseofyoursisters?"

           "Me?Pickcotton?"criedScarlettaghast,asifGrandmahadbeensuggestingsomerepulsivecrime."Likeafieldhand?Likewhitetrash?LiketheSlatterywomen?"

           "Whitetrash,indeed!Well,isn’tthisgenerationsoftandladylike!Letmetellyou,Miss,whenIwasagirlmyfatherlostallhismoneyandIwasn’tabovedoinghonestworkwithmyhandsandinthefieldstoo,tillPagotenoughmoneytobuysomemoredarkies.I’vehoedmyrowandI’vepickedmycottonandIcandoitagainifIhaveto.AnditlookslikeI’llhaveto.Whitetrash,indeed!"

           "Oh,butMamaFontaine,"criedherdaughter-inlaw,castingimploringglancesatthetwogirls,urgingthemtohelphersmooththeoldlady’sfeathers."Thatwassolongago,adifferentdayentirely,andtimeshavechanged."

           "Timesneverchangewhenthere’saneedforhonestworktobedone,"statedthesharp-eyedoldlady,refusingtobesoothed."AndI’mashamedforyourmother,Scarlett,tohearyoustandthereandtalkasthoughhonestworkmadewhitetrashoutofnicepeople.‘WhenAdamdelvedandEvespan’"

           Tochangethesubject,Scarletthastilyquestioned:"WhatabouttheTarletonsandtheCalverts?Weretheyburnedout?HavetheyrefugeedtoMacon?"

           "TheYankeesnevergottotheTarletons.

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