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Chapter 35

           WhenamangotasoldasFrankKennedyheoughttohavelearnednottobotheraboutthingsthatdidn’tmatter.Buthealwayswassonervousandfussyandoldmaidish.

           "I’mgladtohearyousayit.AfterthesurrenderIhadabouttendollarsinsilverandnothingelseintheworld.YouknowwhattheydidtoJonesboroandmyhouseandstorethere.Ijustdidn’tknowwhattodo.ButIusedthetendollarstoputaroofonanoldstoredownbyFivePointsandImovedthehospitalequipmentinandstartedsellingit.EverybodyneededbedsandchinaandmattressesandIsoldthemcheap,becauseIfigureditwasaboutasmuchotherfolks’stuffasitwasmine.ButIclearedmoneyonitandboughtsomemorestuffandthestorejustwentalongfine.IthinkI’llmakealotofmoneyonitifthingspickup."

           Attheword"money,"hermindcamebacktohim,crystalclear.

           "Yousayyou’vemademoney?"

           Hevisiblyexpandedunderherinterest.FewwomenexceptSuellenhadevergivenhimmorethanperfunctorycourtesyanditwasveryflatteringtohaveaformerbellelikeScarletthangingonhiswords.Heslowedthehorsesotheywouldnotreachhomebeforehehadfinishedhisstory.

           "I’mnotamillionaire,MissScarlett,andconsideringthemoneyIusedtohave,whatI’vegotnowsoundssmall.ButImadeathousanddollarsthisyear.Ofcourse,fivehundredofitwenttopayingfornewstockandrepairingthestoreandpayingtherent.ButI’vemadefivehundredclearandasthingsarecertainlypickingup,Ioughttocleartwothousandnextyear.

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