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Chapter 28

           HiseyeshadleftSuellen’sandwerewanderingabouttheroom,toGerald’schildlikepuzzledeyes,tothefloor,bareofrugs,tothemantelpiecedenudedofitsornaments,thesaggingspringsandtornupholsteryintowhichYankeebayonetshadripped,thecrackedmirrorabovethesideboard,theunfadedsquaresonthewallwherepictureshadhungbeforethelooterscame,thescanttableservice,thedecentlymendedbutolddressesofthegirls,thefloursackwhichhadbeenmadeintoakiltforWade.

           FrankwasrememberingtheTarahehadknownbeforethewarandonhisfacewasahurtlook,alookoftiredimpotentanger.HelovedSuellen,likedhersisters,respectedGeraldandhadagenuinefondnessfortheplantation.SinceShermanhadsweptthroughGeorgia,Frankhadseenmanyappallingsightsasherodeaboutthestatetryingtocollectsupplies,butnothinghadgonetohisheartasTaradidnow.HewantedtodosomethingfortheO’Haras,especiallySuellen,andtherewasnothinghecoulddo.HewasunconsciouslywagginghiswhiskeredheadinpityandclickinghistongueagainsthisteethwhenScarlettcaughthiseye.Hesawtheflameofindignantprideinthemandhedroppedhisgazequicklytohisplateinembarrassment.

           Thegirlswerehungryfornews.TherehadbeennomailservicesinceAtlantafell,nowfourmonthspast,andtheywereincompleteignoranceastowheretheYankeeswere,howtheConfederateArmywasfaring,whathadhappenedtoAtlantaandtooldfriends.

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