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Chapter 40

           TheyhadkissedScarlettquietly,shakenherhand,murmuredkindwordstoCarreenandeventoPorkbuthadlookedthroughSuellenasifshewerenotthere.

           Tothemshehaddoneworsethanmurderherfather.ShehadtriedtobetrayhimintodisloyaltytotheSouth.Andtothatgrimandclose-knitcommunityitwasasifshehadtriedtobetraythehonorofthemall.ShehadbrokenthesolidfronttheCountypresentedtotheworld.ByherattempttogetmoneyfromtheYankeegovernmentshehadalignedherselfwithCarpetbaggersandScallawags,morehatedenemiesthantheYankeesoldiershadeverbeen.She,amemberofanoldandstaunchlyConfederatefamily,aplanter’sfamily,hadgoneovertotheenemyandbysodoinghadbroughtshameoneveryfamilyintheCounty.

           Themournerswereseethingwithindignationanddowncastwithsorrow,especiallythreeofthemoldmanMcRae,whohadbeenGerald’scronysincehecametotheup-countryfromSavannahsomanyyearsbefore,GrandmaFontainewholovedhimbecausehewasEllen’shusband,andMrs.Tarletonwhohadbeenclosertohimthantoanyofherneighborsbecause,assheoftensaid,hewastheonlymanintheCountywhoknewastallionfromagelding.

           ThesightofthestormyfacesofthesethreeinthedimparlorwhereGeraldlaybeforethefuneralhadcausedAshleyandWillsomeuneasinessandtheyhadretiredtoEllen’sofficeforaconsultation.

           "Someofthemaregoin’tosaysomethin’aboutSuellen,"saidWillabruptly,bitinghisstrawinhalf."Theythinktheygotjustcausetosaysomethin’.

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