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Chapter 30

           Theyburiedthecadetinthefamilyburyingground,nexttothethreelittleO’Haraboys,andMelaniecriedsharplyasPorkfilledinthegrave,wonderinginherheartifstrangersweredoingthissamethingtothetallbodyofAshley.

           WillBenteenwasanothersoldier,likethenamelessboy,whoarrivedunconsciousacrossthesaddleofacomrade.Willwasacutelyillwithpneumoniaandwhenthegirlsputhimtobed,theyfearedhewouldsoonjointheboyintheburyingground.

           HehadthesallowmalarialfaceofthesouthGeorgiaCracker,palepinkishhairandwashed-outblueeyeswhichevenindeliriumwerepatientandmild.Oneofhislegswasgoneatthekneeandtothestumpwasfittedaroughlywhittledwoodenpeg.HewasobviouslyaCracker,justastheboytheyhadburiedsoshortawhileagowasobviouslyaplanter’sson.Justhowthegirlsknewthistheycouldnotsay.CertainlyWillwasnodirtier,nomorehairy,nomoreliceinfestedthanmanyfinegentlemenwhocametoTara.CertainlythelanguageheusedinhisdeliriumwasnolessgrammaticalthanthatoftheTarletontwins.Buttheyknewinstinctively,astheyknewthoroughbredhorsesfromscrubs,thathewasnotoftheirclass.Butthisknowledgedidnotkeepthemfromlaboringtosavehim.

           EmaciatedfromayearinaYankeeprison,exhaustedbyhislongtramponhisill-fittingwoodenpeg,hehadlittlestrengthtocombatpneumoniaandfordayshelayinthebedmoaning,tryingtogetup,fightingbattlesoveragain.

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