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Chapter 26

           EverymorningwhenScarlettaroseshethankedGodforthepale-blueskyandthewarmsun,foreachdayofgoodweatherputofftheinevitabletimewhenwarmclothingwouldbeneeded.Andeachwarmdaysawmoreandmorecottonpilingupintheemptyslavequarters,theonlystorageplaceleftontheplantation.TherewasmorecottoninthefieldsthansheorPorkhadestimated,probablyfourbales,andsoonthecabinswouldbefull.

           Scarletthadnotintendedtodoanycottonpickingherself,evenafterGrandmaFontaine’startremark.Itwasunthinkablethatshe,anO’Haralady,nowthemistressofTara,shouldworkinthefields.ItputheronthesamelevelwiththesnarlyhairedMrs.SlatteryandEmmie.Shehadintendedthatthenegroesshoulddothefieldwork,whilesheandtheconvalescentgirlsattendedtothehouse,buthereshewasconfrontedwithacastefeelingevenstrongerthanherown.Pork,MammyandPrissysetupoutcriesattheideaofworkinginthefields.Theyreiteratedthattheywerehouseniggers,notfieldhands.Mammy,inparticular,declaredvehementlythatshehadneverevenbeenayardnigger.ShehadbeenbornintheRobillardgreathouse,notinthequarters,andhadbeenraisedinOleMiss’bedroom,sleepingonapalletatthefootofthebed.DilceyalonesaidnothingandshefixedherPrissywithanunwinkingeyethatmadehersquirm.

           Scarlettrefusedtolistentotheprotestsanddrovethemallintothecottonrows.

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