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Chapter 30

           Withfingersthatshook,sheopeneditandread:

           "Beloved,Iamcominghometoyou"

           Tearsbegantostreamdownherfacesothatshecouldnotreadandherheartswelledupuntilshefeltshecouldnotbearthejoyofit.Clutchingthelettertoher,sheraceduptheporchstepsanddownthehall,pasttheparlorwherealltheinhabitantsofTaraweregettinginoneanother’swayastheyworkedovertheunconsciousMelanie,andintoEllen’soffice.Sheshutthedoorandlockeditandflungherselfdownonthesaggingoldsofacrying,laughing,kissingtheletter.

           "Beloved,"shewhispered,"Iamcominghometoyou."

           CommonsensetoldthemthatunlessAshleydevelopedwings,itwouldbeweeksorevenmonthsbeforehecouldtravelfromIllinoistoGeorgia,butheartsneverthelessbeatwildlywheneverasoldierturnedintotheavenueatTara.EachbeardedscarecrowmightbeAshley.AndifitwerenotAshley,perhapsthesoldierwouldhavenewsofhimoraletterfromAuntPittyabouthim.Blackandwhite,theyrushedtothefrontporcheverytimetheyheardfootsteps.Thesightofauniformwasenoughtobringeveryoneflyingfromthewoodpile,thepastureandthecottonpatch.Foramonthafterthelettercame,workwasalmostatastandstill.Noonewantedtobeoutofthehousewhenhearrived.Scarlettleastofall.Andshecouldnotinsistontheothersattendingtotheirdutieswhenshesoneglectedhers.

           ButwhentheweekscrawledbyandAshleydidnotcomeoranynewsofhim,Tarasettledbackintoitsoldroutine.

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