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Chapter 30

           TherewasatumultofsoundaseveryonebutScarlettswarmedaboutthefaintingMelanie,everyonecryingoutinalarm,scurryingintothehouseforwaterandpillows,andinamomentScarlettandUnclePeterwereleftstandingaloneonthewalk.Shestoodrooted,unabletomovefromthepositiontowhichshehadleapedwhensheheardhiswords,staringattheoldmanwhostoodfeeblywavingaletter.Hisoldblackfacewasaspitifulasachild’sunderitsmother’sdisapproval,hisdignitycollapsed.

           Foramomentshecouldnotspeakormove,andthoughhermindshouted:"Heisn’tdead!He’scominghome!"theknowledgebroughtneitherjoynorexcitement,onlyastunnedimmobility.UnclePeter’svoicecameasfromafardistance,plaintive,placating.

           "Mist’WillieBurrfrumMacomwhutiskinterus,hebrungitterMissPitty.Mist’WillieheindesamejailhousewidMist’Ashley.Mist’Williehegotahawsean’hegothyahsoon.ButMist’Ashleyhea-walkin’an’"

           Scarlettsnatchedtheletterfromhishand.ItwasaddressedtoMellyinMissPitty’swritingbutthatdidnotmakeherhesitateamoment.SherippeditopenandMissPitty’sinclosednotefelltotheground.Withintheenvelopetherewasapieceoffoldedpaper,grimyfromthedirtypocketinwhichithadbeencarried,creasedandraggedabouttheedges.ItboretheinscriptioninAshley’shand:"Mrs.GeorgeAshleyWilkes,CareMissSarahJaneHamilton,Atlanta,orTwelveOaks,Jonesboro,Ga."

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