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Chapter 9

           AndhowdaredhesaytheConfederacywouldbelicked!Heshouldbeshotforthatshotlikeatraitor.Shelookedaboutthehallatthefamiliarfaces,soassuredofsuccess,sobrave,sodevoted,andsomehowacoldlittlechillsetinatherheart.Licked?Thesepeoplewhy,ofcoursenot!Theveryideawasimpossible,disloyal.

           "Whatwereyoutwowhisperingabout?"askedMelanie,turningtoScarlettashercustomersdriftedoff."Icouldn’thelpseeingthatMrs.Merriwetherhadhereyeonyouallthetimeand,dear,youknowhowshetalks."

           "Oh,theman’simpossibleanill-bredboor,"saidScarlett."AndasforoldladyMerriwether,lethertalk.I’msickofactinglikeaninny,justforherbenefit."

           "Why,Scarlett!"criedMelanie,scandalized.

           "Sh-sh,"saidScarlett."Dr.Meadeisgoingtomakeanotherannouncement."

           Thegatheringquietedagainasthedoctorraisedhisvoice,atfirstinthankstotheladieswhohadsowillinglygiventheirjewelry.

           "Andnow,ladiesandgentlemen,Iamgoingtoproposeasurpriseaninnovationthatmayshocksomeofyou,butIaskyoutorememberthatallthisisdoneforthehospitalandforthebenefitofourboyslyingthere."

           Everyoneedgedforward,inanticipation,tryingtoimaginewhatthesedatedoctorcouldproposethatwouldbeshocking.

           "Thedancingisabouttobeginandthefirstnumberwill,ofcourse,beareel,followedbyawaltz.Thedancesfollowing,thepolkas,theschottisches,themazurkas,willbeprecededbyshortreels.

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