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Chapter 7

           TheyhadbeenkindinSavannah,butJamesandAndrewandtheirwiveswereoldandcontenttositquietlyandtalkofapastinwhichScarletthadnointerest.ItwasthesamewiththeRobillards,andCharlestonwasterrible,Scarlettthought.

           AuntPaulineandherhusband,alittleoldman,withaformal,brittlecourtesyandtheabsentairofonelivinginanolderage,livedonaplantationontheriver,farmoreisolatedthanTara.Theirnearestneighborwastwentymilesawaybydarkroadsthroughstilljunglesofcypressswampandoak.TheliveoakswiththeirwavingcurtainsofgraymossgaveScarlettthecreepsandalwaysbroughttohermindGerald’sstoriesofIrishghostsroaminginshimmeringgraymists.TherewasnothingtodobutknitalldayandatnightlistentoUncleCareyreadaloudfromtheimprovingworksofMr.Bulwer–Lytton.

           Eulalie,hiddenbehindahigh-walledgardeninagreathouseontheBatteryinCharleston,wasnomoreentertaining.Scarlett,accustomedtowidevistasofrollingredhills,feltthatshewasinprison.TherewasmoresociallifeherethanatAuntPauline’s,butScarlettdidnotlikethepeoplewhocalled,withtheirairsandtheirtraditionsandtheiremphasisonfamily.SheknewverywelltheyallthoughtshewasachildofamesallianceandwonderedhowaRobillardevermarriedanewlycomeIrishman.ScarlettfeltthatAuntEulalieapologizedforherbehindherback.Thisarousedhertemper,forshecarednomoreaboutfamilythanherfather.ShewasproudofGeraldandwhathehadaccomplishedunaidedexceptbyhisshrewdIrishbrain.

           AndtheCharlestonianstooksomuchuponthemselvesaboutFortSumter!GoodHeavens,didn’ttheyrealizethatiftheyhadn’tbeensillyenoughtofiretheshotthatstartedthewarsomeotherfoolswouldhavedoneit?AccustomedtothebriskvoicesofuplandGeorgia,thedrawlingflatvoicesofthelowcountryseemedaffectedtoher.

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