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Chapter 45

           Theyheardthecaptain’ssharpvoice:"Thesetwomenareunderarrest."AndArchie’shandclosedoverhispistolbutt.

           "No,"whisperedMelaniefirmly."No.Leaveittome."TherewasinherfacethesamelookScarletthadseenthatdayatTarawhenMelaniehadstoodatthetopofthestepslookingdownatthedeadYankee,herweakwristweigheddownbytheheavysaberagentleandtimidsoulnervedbycircumstancestothecautionandfuryofatigress.Shethrewthefrontdooropen.

           "Bringhimin,CaptainButler,"shecalledinacleartonethatbitwithvenom."Isupposeyou’vegottenhimintoxicatedagain.Bringhimin."

           Fromthedarkwindywalk,theYankeecaptainspoke:"I’msorry,Mrs.Wilkes,butyourhusbandandMr.Elsingareunderarrest."

           "Arrest?Forwhat?Fordrunkenness?IfeveryoneinAtlantawasarrestedfordrunkenness,thewholeYankeegarrisonwouldbeinjailcontinually.Well,bringhimin,CaptainButlerthatis,ifyoucanwalkyourself."

           Scarlett’smindwasnotworkingquicklyandforabriefmomentnothingmadesense.SheknewneitherRhettnorAshleywasdrunkandsheknewMelanieknewtheywerenotdrunk.YetherewasMelanie,usuallysogentleandrefined,screaminglikeashrewandinfrontofYankeestoo,thatbothofthemweretoodrunktowalk.

           Therewasashortmumbledargument,punctuatedwithcurses,anduncertainfeetascendedthestairs.InthedoorwayappearedAshley,whitefaced,hisheadlolling,hisbrighthairtousled,hislongbodywrappedfromnecktokneesinRhett’sblackcape.

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