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Chapter 42

           Ashleyatfirstrefusedtoworkconvictsandwaspersuaded,againsthiswill,onlyaftertearsandsupplicationsandpromisesthatwhentimeswerebettershewouldhirefreedarkies.NeighborsweresooutspokenintheirdisapprovalthatFrank,PittyandMelaniefoundithardtoholduptheirheads.EvenPeterandMammydeclaredthatitwasbadlucktoworkconvictsandnogoodwouldcomeofit.Everyonesaiditwaswrongtotakeadvantageofthemiseriesandmisfortunesofothers.

           "Youdidn’thaveanyobjectionstoworkingslaves!"Scarlettcriedindignantly.

           Ah,butthatwasdifferent.Slaveswereneithermiserablenorunfortunate.Thenegroeswerefarbetteroffunderslaverythantheywerenowunderfreedom,andifshedidn’tbelieveit,justlookabouther!But,asusual,oppositionhadtheeffectofmakingScarlettmoredeterminedonhercourse.SheremovedHughfromthemanagementofthemill,puthimtodrivingalumberwagonandclosedthefinaldetailsofhiringJohnnieGallegher.

           Heseemedtobetheonlypersonsheknewwhoapprovedoftheconvicts.Henoddedhisbulletheadbrieflyandsaiditwasasmartmove.Scarlett,lookingatthelittleex-jockey,plantedfirmlyonhisshortbowedlegs,hisgnomishfacehardandbusinesslike,thought:"Whoeverlethimridetheirhorsesdidn’tcaremuchforhorseflesh.Iwouldn’tlethimgetwithintenfeetofanyhorseofmine."

           Butshehadnoqualmsintrustinghimwithaconvictgang.

           "AndI’mtohaveafreehandwiththegang?"hequestioned,hiseyesascoldasgrayagates.

           "Afreehand.

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