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Chapter 44

           Itwentoffatajumpandshefeltthewheelspassoversomethingsoft,somethingresistant.ItwasthewhitemanwholayintheroadwhereSamhadknockedhimdown.

           Maddenedbyterror,shelashedthehorseagainandagainanditstruckagaitthatmadethebuggyrockandsway.Throughherterrorshewasconsciousofthesoundoffeetrunningbehindherandshescreamedatthehorsetogofaster.Ifthatblackapegotheragain,shewoulddiebeforeheevengothishandsuponher.

           Avoiceyelledbehindher:"MissScarlett!Stop!"

           Withoutslacking,shelookedtremblingoverhershoulderandsawBigSamracingdowntheroadbehindher,hislonglegsworkinglikehard-drivenpistons.Shedrewreinashecameupandheflunghimselfintothebuggy,hisbigbodycrowdinghertooneside.Sweatandbloodwerestreamingdownhisfaceashepanted:

           "Isyouhu’t?Diddeyhu’tyou?"

           Shecouldnotspeak,butseeingthedirectionofhiseyesandtheirquickaverting,sherealizedthatherbasquewasopentothewaistandherbarebosomandcorsetcoverwereshowing.Withashakinghandsheclutchedthetwoedgestogetherandbowingherheadbegantocryinterrifiedsobs.

           "Gimmedemlines,"saidSam,snatchingthereinsfromher."Hawse,mektracks!"

           Thewhipcrackedandthestartledhorsewentoffatawildgallopthatthreatenedtothrowthebuggyintotheditch.

           "AhhopeAhdonekilldatblackbaboon.ButAhdin’waitterfineout,"hepanted."Butefhehahmedyou,MissScarlett,Ah’llgobackan’mekshoofit"

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