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Chapter 35

           Theywerelookingonthestatetheyloved,seeingittrampledbytheenemy,rascalsmakingamockofthelaw,theirformerslavesamenace,theirmendisfranchised,theirwomeninsulted.Andtheywererememberinggraves.

           Everythingintheiroldworldhadchangedbuttheoldforms.Theoldusageswenton,mustgoon,fortheformswereallthatwerelefttothem.Theywereholdingtightlytothethingstheyknewbestandlovedbestintheolddays,theleisuredmanners,thecourtesy,thepleasantcasualnessinhumancontactsand,mostofall,theprotectingattitudeofthementowardtheirwomen.Truetothetraditioninwhichtheyhadbeenreared,themenwerecourteousandtenderandtheyalmostsucceededincreatinganatmosphereofshelteringtheirwomenfromallthatwasharshandunfitforfeminineeyes.That,thoughtScarlett,wastheheightofabsurdity,fortherewaslittle,now,whicheventhemostcloisteredwomenhadnotseenandknowninthelastfiveyears.Theyhadnursedthewounded,closeddyingeyes,sufferedwarandfireanddevastation,knownterrorandflightandstarvation.

           But,nomatterwhatsightstheyhadseen,whatmenialtaskstheyhaddoneandwouldhavetodo,theyremainedladiesandgentlemen,royaltyinexilebitter,aloof,incurious,kindtooneanother,diamondhard,asbrightandbrittleasthecrystalsofthebrokenchandelierovertheirheads.

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