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Chapter 36

           Whenmydistressingpredicamentwasbroughttohisattentionintherightway,hehastenedtousehisinfluence,andsoIwasreleased.Influenceiseverything,andguiltorinnocencemerelyanacademicquestion."

           "I’lltakeoathyouweren’tinnocent."

           "No,nowthatIamfreeofthetoils,I’llfranklyadmitthatI’masguiltyasCain.Ididkillthenigger.Hewasuppitytoalady,andwhatelsecouldaSoutherngentlemando?AndwhileI’mconfessing,ImustadmitthatIshotaYankeecavalrymanaftersomewordsinabarroom.Iwasnotchargedwiththatpeccadillo,soperhapssomeotherpoordevilhasbeenhangedforit,longsince."

           Hewassoblitheabouthismurdersherbloodchilled.WordsofmoralindignationrosetoherlipsbutsuddenlysherememberedtheYankeewholayunderthetangleofscuppernongvinesatTara.Hehadnotbeenonherconscienceanymorethanaroachuponwhichshemighthavestepped.ShecouldnotsitinjudgmentonRhettwhenshewasasguiltyashe.

           "And,asIseemtobemakingacleanbreastofit,Imusttellyou,instrictestconfidence(thatmeans,don’ttellMissPittypat!)thatIdidhavethemoney,safeinabankinLiverpool."

           "Themoney?"

           "Yes,themoneytheYankeesweresocuriousabout.Scarlett,itwasn’taltogethermeannessthatkeptmefromgivingyouthemoneyyouwanted.IfI’ddrawnadrafttheycouldhavetraceditsomehowandIdoubtifyou’dhavegottenacent.Myonlyhopelayindoingnothing.

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