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Chapter 35

           "Well,whatareyougoingtodoaboutit?TattletoSuellen?"

           "Ahisgwineterhe’pyoupleasureMist’Frankeve’ywayAhknowshow,"saidMammy,tuckingthecoversaboutScarlett’sneck.

           Scarlettlayquietlyforawhile,asMammyfussedabouttheroom,relieffloodingherthattherewasnoneedforwordsbetweenthem.Noexplanationswereasked,noreproachesmade.Mammyunderstoodandwassilent.InMammy,Scarletthadfoundarealistmoreuncompromisingthanherself.Themottledwiseoldeyessawdeeply,sawclearly,withthedirectnessofthesavageandthechild,undeterredbyconsciencewhendangerthreatenedherpet.Scarlettwasherbabyandwhatherbabywanted,eventhoughitbelongedtoanother,Mammywaswillingtohelpherobtain.TherightsofSuellenandFrankKennedydidnotevenenterhermind,savetocauseagriminwardchuckle.Scarlettwasintroubleanddoingthebestshecould,andScarlettwasMissEllen’schild.Mammyralliedtoherwithneveramoment’shesitation.

           Scarlettfeltthesilentreinforcementand,asthehotbrickatherfeetwarmedher,thehopewhichhadflickeredfaintlyonthecoldridehomegrewintoaflame.Itsweptthroughher,makingherheartpumpthebloodthroughherveinsinpoundingsurges.Strengthwascomingbackandarecklessexcitementwhichmadeherwanttolaughaloud.Notbeatenyet,shethoughtexultantly.

           "Handmethemirror,Mammy,"shesaid.

           "Keepyo’shouldersunnerdatkivver,"orderedMammy,passingthehandmirrortoher,asmileonherthicklips.

           Scarlettlookedatherself.

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