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Chapter 8

           Ifherstaywaspleasant,shewouldremainindefinitely.ButnosoonerhadshearrivedthanAuntPittyandMelaniebeganacampaigntoinducehertomakeherhomepermanentlywiththem.Theybroughtupeverypossibleargument.Theywantedherforherownselfbecausetheylovedher.Theywerelonelyandoftenfrightenedatnightinthebighouse,andshewassobraveshegavethemcourage.Shewassocharmingthatshecheeredthemintheirsorrow.NowthatCharleswasdead,herplaceandherson’splacewerewithhiskindred.Besides,halfthehousenowbelongedtoher,throughCharles’will.Last,theConfederacyneededeverypairofhandsforsewing,knitting,bandagerollingandnursingthewounded.

           Charles’UncleHenryHamilton,wholivedinbachelorstateattheAtlantaHotelnearthedepot,alsotalkedseriouslytoheronthissubject.UncleHenrywasashort,pot-bellied,irascibleoldgentlemanwithapinkface,ashockoflongsilverhairandanutterlackofpatiencewithfemininetimiditiesandvaporings.Itwasforthelatterreasonthathewasbarelyonspeakingtermswithhissister,MissPittypat.Fromchildhood,theyhadbeenexactoppositesintemperamentandtheyhadbeenfurtherestrangedbyhisobjectionstothemannerinwhichshehadrearedCharles"Makingadamnsissyoutofasoldier’sson!"Yearsbefore,hehadsoinsultedherthatnowMissPittyneverspokeofhimexceptinguardedwhispersandwithsogreatreticencethatastrangerwouldhavethoughtthehonestoldlawyeramurderer,attheleast.TheinsulthadoccurredonadaywhenPittywishedtodrawfivehundreddollarsfromherestate,ofwhichhewastrustee,toinvestinanon-existentgoldmine.HehadrefusedtopermititandstatedheatedlythatshehadnomoresensethanaJunebugandfurthermoreitgavehimthefidgetstobearoundherlongerthanfiveminutes.Sincethatday,sheonlysawhimformally,onceamonth,whenUnclePeterdrovehertohisofficetogetthehousekeepingmoney.

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