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Chapter 29

           TherewassilencefromthebackofthewagonforawhileandCarreencomfortedhersisterwithabsent-mindedpats,forhermindwasalongwayoff,ridingpathsthreeyearsoldwithBrentTarletonbesideher.Therewasaglow,anexaltationinhereyes.

           "Ah,"saidMelanie,sadly,"whatwilltheSouthbelikewithoutallourfineboys?WhatwouldtheSouthhavebeeniftheyhadlived?Wecouldusetheircourageandtheirenergyandtheirbrains.Scarlett,allofuswithlittleboysmustraisethemtotaketheplacesofthemenwhoaregone,tobebravemenlikethem."

           "Therewillneveragainbemenlikethem,"saidCarreensoftly."Noonecantaketheirplaces."

           Theydrovehometherestofthewayinsilence,

           Onedaynotlongafterthis,CathleenCalvertrodeuptoTaraatsunset.HersidesaddlewasstrappedonassorryamuleasScarletthadeverseen,aflop-earedlamebrute,andCathleenwasalmostassorrylookingastheanimalsherode.Herdresswasoffadedginghamofthetypeoncewornonlybyhouseservants,andhersunbonnetwassecuredunderherchinbyapieceoftwine.Sherodeuptothefrontporchbutdidnotdismount,andScarlettandMelanie,whohadbeenwatchingthesunset,wentdownthestepstomeether.CathleenwasaswhiteasCadehadbeenthedayScarlettcalled,whiteandhardandbrittle,asifherfacewouldshatterifshespoke.Butherbackwaserectandherheadwashighasshenoddedtothem.

           ScarlettsuddenlyrememberedthedayoftheWilkesbarbecuewhensheandCathleenhadwhisperedtogetheraboutRhettButler.

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