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Chapter 32

           "Wife?"saidScarlettandburstintoalaughthatwascuttingwithcontempt."Hightimeyoumadeheryourwife.Whobaptizedyourotherbratsafteryoukilledmymother?"

           Emmiesaid"Oh!"andretreatedhastilydownthestepsbutJonasstoppedherflighttowardthecarriagewitharoughgriponherarm.

           "Wecameoutheretopayacallafriendlycall,"hesnarled."Andtalkalittlebusinesswitholdfriends—"

           "Friends?"Scarlett’svoicewaslikeawhiplash."Whenwereweeverfriendswiththelikeofyou?TheSlatteryslivedonourcharityandpaiditbackbykillingMotherandyouyouPadischargedyouaboutEmmie’sbratandyouknowit.Friends?GetoffthisplacebeforeIcallMr.BenteenandMr.Wilkes."

           Underthewords,Emmiebrokeherhusband’sholdandfledforthecarriage,scramblinginwithaflashofpatent-leatherbootswithbright-redtopsandredtassels.

           NowJonasshookwithafuryequaltoScarlett’sandhissallowfacewasasredasanangryturkeygobbler’s.

           "Stillhighandmighty,aren’tyou?Well,Iknowallaboutyou.Iknowyouhaven’tgotshoesforyourfeet.Iknowyourfather’sturnedidiot—"

           "Getoffthisplace!"

           "Oh,youwon’tsingthatwayverylong.Iknowyou’rebroke.Iknowyoucan’tevenpayyourtaxes.Icameoutheretooffertobuythisplacefromyoutomakeyouarightgoodoffer.Emmiehadahankeringtolivehere.

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