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Chapter 33

           ThoughmanynewbuildingshadsprungupintheyearsinceShermanmarchedoutoftheburningtownandtheConfederatesreturned,therewerestillwidevacantlotsaroundFivePointswhereheapsofsmudgedbrokenbrickslayamidajumbleofrubbish,deadweedsandbroom-sedge.Thereweretheremainsofafewbuildingssheremembered,rooflessbrickwallsthroughwhichthedulldaylightshone,glasslesswindowsgaping,chimneystoweringlonesomely.Hereandtherehereyesgladlypickedoutafamiliarstorewhichhadpartlysurvivedshellandfireandhadbeenrepaired,thefreshredofnewbrickglaringbrightagainstthesmutoftheoldwalls.Onnewstorefrontsandnewofficewindowsshesawthewelcomenamesofmensheknewbutmoreoftenthenameswereunfamiliar,especiallythedozensofshinglesofstrangedoctorsandlawyersandcottonmerchants.OnceshehadknownpracticallyeveryoneinAtlantaandthesightofsomanystrangenamesdepressedher.Butshewascheeredbythesightofnewbuildingsgoingupallalongthestreet.

           Thereweredozensofthemandseveralwerethreestorieshigh!Everywherebuildingwasgoingon,forasshelookeddownthestreet,tryingtoadjusthermindtothenewAtlanta,sheheardtheblithesoundofhammersandsaws,noticedscaffoldingsrisingandsawmenclimbingladderswithhodsofbricksontheirshoulders.Shelookeddownthestreetshelovedsowellandhereyesmistedalittle.

           "Theyburnedyou,"shethought,"andtheylaidyouflat.Buttheydidn’tlickyou.Theycouldn’tlickyou.

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