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Chapter 33

           "He’sinjailthisveryminuteforkillinganegroandtheymayhanghim!ImagineCaptainButlerhanging!"

           Foramoment,thebreathwentoutofScarlett’slungsinasickeninggaspandshecouldonlystareatthefatoldladywhowassoobviouslypleasedattheeffectofherstatement.

           "Theyhaven’tprovedityetbutsomebodykilledthisdarkywhohadinsultedawhitewoman.AndtheYankeesareveryupsetbecausesomanyuppitydarkieshavebeenkilledrecently.Theycan’tproveitonCaptainButlerbuttheywanttomakeanexampleofsomeone,soDr.Meadesays.ThedoctorsaysthatiftheydohanghimitwillbethefirstgoodhonestjobtheYankeeseverdid,butthen,Idon’tknow....AndtothinkthatCaptainButlerwasherejustaweekagoandbroughtmetheloveliestquailyoueversawforapresentandhewasaskingaboutyouandsayinghefearedhehadoffendedyouduringthesiegeandyouwouldneverforgivehim."

           "Howlongwillhebeinjail?"

           "Nobodyknows.Perhapstilltheyhanghim,butmaybetheywon’tbeabletoprovethekillingonhim,afterall.However,itdoesn’tseemtobothertheYankeeswhetherfolksareguiltyornot,solongastheycanhangsomebody.Theyaresoupset"Pittydroppedhervoicemysteriously"abouttheKuKluxKlan.DoyouhavetheKlandownintheCounty?Mydear,I’msureyoumustandAshleyjustdoesn’ttellyougirlsanythingaboutit.Klansmenaren’tsupposedtotell.

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