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Chapter 41

           "Dat’sMist’Gerald’swatch!Ahdoneseenhimlookatdatwatchamilyuntimes!"

           "Yes,it’sPa’swatch,Pork,andI’mgivingittoyou.Takeit."

           "Oh,no’m!"Porkretreatedinhorror."Dat’saw’itegempmum’swatchan’Mist’Gerald’sterboot.Huccomeyoutalk‘boutgivin’itterme,MissScnrlett?DatwatchbelongbyrightsterlilWadeHampton."

           "Itbelongstoyou.WhatdidWadeHamptoneverdoforPa?Didhelookafterhimwhenhewassickandfeeble?Didhebathehimanddresshimandshavehim?DidhestickbyhimwhentheYankeescame?Didhestealforhim?Don’tbeafool,Pork.Ifeveranyonedeservedawatch,youdo,andIknowPawouldapprove.Here."

           Shepickeduptheblackhandandlaidthewatchinthepalm.Porkgazedatitreverentlyandslowlydelightspreadoverhisface.

           "Ferme,truly,MissScarlett?"

           "Yes,indeed."

           "Well’mthankee,Ma’m."

           "WouldyoulikeformetotakeittoAtlantaandhaveitengraved?"

           "Whut’sdisengrabedmean?"Pork’svoicewassuspicious.

           "Itmeanstoputwritingonthebackofit,likelike‘ToPorkfromtheO’HarasWelldonegoodandfaithfulservant.’"

           "No’mthankee.Ma’m.Neverminddeengrabin’."Porkretreatedastep,clutchingthewatchfirmly.

           Alittlesmiletwitchedherlips.

           "What’sthematter,Pork?Don’tyoutrustmetobringitback?"

           "Yas’m,Ahtrus’esyouonly,well’m,youmoutchangeyo’mind."

           "Iwouldn’tdothat."

           "Well’m,youmoutsellit.

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