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Chapter 57

           AndtherewerenegroeslivingintheoldCalverthouse!Swarmsofthemandtheyactuallyownedit!They’dboughtitinatthesheriff’ssale.Theplacewasdilapidatedanditmadeyoucrytolookatit.NooneknewwhereCathleenandherno-goodhusbandhadgone.AndAlexwastomarrySally,hisbrother’swidow!Imaginethat,afterthemlivinginthesamehouseforsomanyyears!Everybodysaiditwasamarriageofconveniencebecausepeoplewerebeginningtogossipaboutthemlivingtherealone,sincebothOldMissandYoungMisshaddied.AndithadaboutbrokenDimityMunroe’sheart.Butitservedherright.Ifshe’dhadanygumptionshe’dhavecaughtheranothermanlongago,insteadofwaitingforAlextogetmoneyenoughtomarryher.

           ScarlettchatteredoncheerfullybutthereweremanythingsabouttheCountywhichshesuppressed,thingsthathurttothinkabout.ShehaddrivenovertheCountywithWill,tryingnottorememberwhenthesethousandsoffertileacreshadstoodgreenwithcotton.Now,plantationafterplantationwasgoingbacktotheforest,anddismalfieldsofbroomsedge,scruboakandruntypineshadgrownstealthilyaboutsilentruinsandoveroldcottonfields.Onlyoneacrewasbeingfarmednowwhereonceahundredhadbeenundertheplow.Itwaslikemovingthroughadeadland.

           "Thissectionwon’tcomebackforfiftyyearsifitevercomesback,"Willhadsaid."Tara’sthebestfarmintheCounty,thankstoyouandme,Scarlett,butit’safarm,atwo-mulefarm,notaplantation.

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