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Chapter 44

           "Haven’tyougotanysidemeatinthesepeas?"

           "No’m."

           "Noboilingbaconinthepeas?Butblack-eyedpeasarenogoodwithoutbacon.There’snostrengthtothem.Whyisn’tthereanybacon?"

           "Mist’Johnnie,hesaydarain’nouseputtin’innosidemeat."

           "You’llputbaconin.Wheredoyoukeepyoursupplies?"

           ThenegrowomanrolledfrightenedeyestowardthesmallclosetthatservedasapantryandScarlettthrewthedooropen.Therewasanopenbarrelofcornmealonthefloor,asmallsackofflour,apoundofcoffee,alittlesugar,agallonjugofsorghumandtwohams.Oneofthehamssittingontheshelfhadbeenrecentlycookedandonlyoneortwosliceshadbeencutfromit.ScarlettturnedinafuryonJohnnieGallegherandmethiscoldlyangrygaze.

           "WherearethefivesacksofwhiteflourIsentoutlastweek?Andthesugarsackandthecoffee?AndIhadfivehamssentandtenpoundsofsidemeatandGodknowshowmanybushelsofyamsandIrishpotatoes.Well,wherearethey?Youcan’thaveusedthemallinaweekifyoufedthemenfivemealsaday.You’vesoldthem!That’swhatyou’vedone,youthief!Soldmygoodsuppliesandputthemoneyinyourpocketandfedthesemenondriedpeasandcornpone.Nowondertheylooksothin.Getoutoftheway."

           Shestormedpasthimtothedoorway.

           "You,man,thereontheendyes,you!Comehere!"

           Themanroseandwalkedawkwardlytowardher,hisshacklesclanking,andshesawthathisbareankleswereredandrawfromthechafingoftheiron.

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