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Chapter 30

           Shelookedatthelankfigureleaningagainsttheporchcolumn,chewingastraw.Undoubtedly,asMammyfrequentlydeclared,WillwassomethingtheLordhadprovidedandScarlettoftenwonderedhowTaracouldhavelivedthroughthelastfewmonthswithouthim.Heneverhadmuchtosay,neverdisplayedanyenergy,neverseemedtotakemuchinterestinanythingthatwentonabouthim,buthekneweverythingabouteverybodyatTara.Andhedidthings.Hedidthemsilently,patientlyandcompetently.Thoughhehadonlyoneleg,hecouldworkfasterthanPork.AndhecouldgetworkoutofPork,whichwas,toScarlett,amarvelousthing.Whenthecowhadthecolicandthehorsefellillwithamysteriousailmentwhichthreatenedtoremovehimpermanentlyfromthem,Willsatupnightswiththemandsavedthem.ThathewasashrewdtraderbroughthimScarlett’srespect,forhecouldrideoutinthemorningswithabushelortwoofapples,sweetpotatoesandothervegetablesandreturnwithseeds,lengthsofcloth,flourandothernecessitieswhichsheknewshecouldneverhaveacquired,goodtraderthoughshewas.

           HehadgraduallyslippedintothestatusofamemberofthefamilyandsleptonacotinthelittledressingroomoffGerald’sroom.HesaidnothingofleavingTara,andScarlettwascarefulnottoquestionhim,fearfulthathemightleavethem.Sometimes,shethoughtthatifhewereanybodyandhadanygumptionhewouldgohome,evenifhenolongerhadahome.Butevenwiththisthought,shewouldprayferventlythathewouldremainindefinitely.

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