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Chapter 38

           ButsherestrainedherselfandshefoundthattwistingYankeemenaroundherfingerwasnomoredifficultthanthatsamediversionhadbeenwithSouthernmen.Onlythiswasnodiversionbutagrimbusiness.TherolesheenactedwasthatofarefinedsweetSouthernladyindistress.Withanairofdignifiedreserveshewasabletokeephervictimsattheirproperdistance,buttherewasneverthelessagraciousnessinhermannerwhichleftacertainwarmthintheYankeeofficers’memoriesofMrs.Kennedy.

           ThiswarmthwasveryprofitableasScarletthadintendedittobe.Manyoftheofficersofthegarrison,notknowinghowlongtheywouldbestationedinAtlanta,hadsentfortheirwivesandfamilies.Asthehotelsandboardinghouseswereoverflowing,theywerebuildingsmallhouses;andtheyweregladtobuytheirlumberfromthegraciousMrs.Kennedy,whotreatedthemmorepolitelythananyoneelseintown.TheCarpetbaggersandScallawagsalso,whowerebuildingfinehomesandstoresandhotelswiththeirnewwealth,founditmorepleasanttodobusinesswithherthanwiththeformerConfederatesoldierswhowerecourteousbutwithacourtesymoreformalandcoldthanoutspokenhate.

           So,becauseshewasprettyandcharmingandcouldappearquitehelplessandforlornattimes,theygladlypatronizedherlumberyardandalsoFrank’sstore,feelingthattheyshouldhelpapluckylittlewomanwhoapparentlyhadonlyashiftlesshusbandtosupporther.

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