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Chapter 38

           AcceptingUncleTom’sCabinasrevelationsecondonlytotheBible,theYankeewomenallwantedtoknowaboutthebloodhoundswhicheverySouthernerkepttotrackdownrunawayslaves.Andtheyneverbelievedherwhenshetoldthemshehadonlyseenonebloodhoundinallherlifeanditwasasmallmilddogandnotahugeferociousmastiff.Theywantedtoknowaboutthedreadfulbrandingironswhichplantersusedtomarkthefacesoftheirslavesandthecat-o’-nine-tailswithwhichtheybeatthemtodeath,andtheyevidencedwhatScarlettfeltwasaverynastyandill-bredinterestinslaveconcubinage.EspeciallydidsheresentthisinviewoftheenormousincreaseinmulattobabiesinAtlantasincetheYankeesoldiershadsettledinthetown.

           AnyotherAtlantawomanwouldhaveexpiredinrageathavingtolistentosuchbigotedignorancebutScarlettmanagedtocontrolherself.Assistingherinthiswasthefactthattheyarousedhercontemptmorethanheranger.Afterall,theywereYankeesandnooneexpectedanythingbetterfromYankees.Sotheirunthinkinginsultstoherstate,herpeopleandtheirmorals,glancedoffandneverstruckdeepenoughtocausehermorethanawell-concealedsneeruntilanincidentoccurredwhichmadehersickwithrageandshowedher,ifsheneededanyshowing,howwidewasthegapbetweenNorthandSouthandhowutterlyimpossibleitwastobridgeit.

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