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Chapter 45

           HowcouldMelaniereadonandonsocalmlywhenAshleywasindangerofbeinghanged?Whenhemightbedead?ButsomethinginthecoolsoftvoicereadingthesorrowsofJeanValjeansteadiedher,keptherfromleapingtoherfeetandscreaming.

           HermindfledbacktothenightTonyFontainehadcometothem,hunted,exhausted,withoutmoney.Ifhehadnotreachedtheirhouseandreceivedmoneyandafreshhorse,hewouldhavebeenhangedlongsince.IfFrankandAshleywerenotdeadatthisveryminute,theywereinTony’sposition,onlyworse.Withthehousesurroundedbysoldierstheycouldn’tcomehomeandgetmoneyandclotheswithoutbeingcaptured.AndprobablyeveryhouseupanddownthestreethadasimilarguardofYankees,sotheycouldnotapplytofriendsforaid.Evennowtheymightberidingwildlythroughthenight,boundforTexas.

           ButRhettperhapsRhetthadreachedthemintime.Rhettalwayshadplentyofcashinhispocket.Perhapshewouldlendthemenoughtoseethemthrough.Butthatwasqueer.WhyshouldRhettbotherhimselfaboutAshley’ssafety?Certainlyhedislikedhim,certainlyheprofessedacontemptforhim.ThenwhyButthisriddlewasswallowedupinarenewedfearforthesafetyofAshleyandFrank.

           "Oh,it’sallmyfault!"shewailedtoherself."IndiaandArchiespokethetruth.It’sallmyfault.ButIneverthoughteitherofthemwasfoolishenoughtojointheKlan!AndIneverthoughtanythingwouldreallyhappentome!ButIcouldn’thavedoneotherwise.Mellyspokethetruth.

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