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Chapter 42

           ThatafternoonastrangefigurestumpedthroughMelanie’shedgeandacrossPitty’sbackyard.Obviously,hewasoneofthosemenwhomMammyandDilceyreferredtoas"deriff-raffwhutMissMellypickupoffdestreetsan’letsleepinhercellar."

           TherewerethreeroomsinthebasementofMelanie’shousewhichformerlyhadbeenservants’quartersandawineroom.NowDilceyoccupiedone,andtheothertwowereinconstantusebyastreamofmiserableandraggedtransients.NoonebutMelanieknewwhencetheycameorwheretheyweregoingandnoonebutsheknewwhereshecollectedthem.Perhapsthenegroeswererightandshedidpickthemupfromthestreets.Butevenasthegreatandtheneargreatgravitatedtohersmallparlor,sounfortunatesfoundtheirwaytohercellarwheretheywerefed,beddedandsentontheirwaywithpackagesoffood.UsuallytheoccupantsoftheroomswereformerConfederatesoldiersoftherougher,illiteratetype,homelessmen,menwithoutfamilies,beatingtheirwayaboutthecountryinhopeoffindingwork.

           Frequently,brownandwitheredcountrywomenwithbroodsoftow-hairedsilentchildrenspentthenightthere,womenwidowedbythewar,dispossessedoftheirfarms,seekingrelativeswhowerescatteredandlost.Sometimestheneighborhoodwasscandalizedbythepresenceofforeigners,speakinglittleornoEnglish,whohadbeendrawnSouthbyglowingtalesoffortuneseasilymade.OnceaRepublicanhadsleptthere.

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