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Chapter 45

           Thecaptainandthesergeantbackedout,HughElsingwiththem,andsheslammedthedoorbehindthem.WithoutevenlookingatScarlett,shewentswiftlytoeachwindowanddrewdowntheshade.Scarlett,herkneesshaking,caughtholdofthechairinwhichAshleyhadbeensittingtosteadyherself.Lookingdownatit,shesawthattherewasadarkmoistspot,largerthanherhand,onthecushioninthebackofthechair.Puzzled,herhandwentoveritand,toherhorror,astickyredwetnessappearedonherpalm.

           "India,"shewhispered,"India,Ashley’she’shurt."

           "Youfool!Didyouthinkhewasreallydrunk?"

           Indiasnappeddownthelastshadeandstartedonflyingfeetforthebedroom,withScarlettclosebehindher,herheartinherthroat.Rhett’sbigbodybarredthedoorwaybut,pasthisshoulder,ScarlettsawAshleylyingwhiteandstillonthebed.Melanie,strangelyquickforonesorecentlyinafaint,wasrapidlycuttingoffhisblood-soakedshirtwithembroideryscissors.ArchieheldthelamplowoverthebedtogivelightandoneofhisgnarledfingerswasonAshley’swrist.

           "Ishedead?"criedbothgirlstogether.

           "No,justfaintedfromlossofblood.It’sthroughhisshoulder,"saidRhett.

           "Whydidyoubringhimhere,youfool?"criedIndia."Letmegettohim!Letmepass!Whydidyoubringhimheretobearrested?"

           "Hewastooweaktotravel.Therewasnowhereelsetobringhim,MissWilkes.

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