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Chapter 26

           ButMammyandPorkworkedsoslowlyandwithsomanylamentationsthatScarlettsentMammybacktothekitchentocookandPorktothewoodsandtheriverwithsnaresforrabbitsandpossumsandlinesforfish.CottonpickingwasbeneathPork’sdignitybuthuntingandfishingwerenot.

           ScarlettnexthadtriedhersistersandMelanieinthefields,butthathadworkednobetter.Melaniehadpickedneatly,quicklyandwillinglyforanhourinthehotsunandthenfaintedquietlyandhadtostayinbedforaweek.Suellen,sullenandtearful,pretendedtofainttoo,butcamebacktoconsciousnessspittinglikeanangrycatwhenScarlettpouredagourdfulofwaterinherface.Finallysherefusedpoint-blank.

           "Iwon’tworkinthefieldslikeadarky!Youcan’tmakeme.Whatifanyofourfriendseverheardofit?WhatififMr.Kennedyeverknew?Oh,ifMotherknewaboutthis"

           "YoujustmentionMother’snameoncemore,SuellenO’Hara,andI’llslapyouflat,"criedScarlett."Motherworkedharderthananydarkyonthisplaceandyouknowit,MissFineAirs!"

           "Shedidnot!Atleast,notinthefields.Andyoucan’tmakeme.I’lltellPapaonyouandhewon’tmakemework!"

           "Don’tyoudaregobotheringPawithanyofourtroubles!"criedScarlett,distractedbetweenindignationathersisterandfearforGerald.

           "I’llhelpyou,Sissy,"interposedCarreendocilely."I’llworkforSueandmetoo.Sheisn’twellyetandsheshouldn’tbeoutinthesun."

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