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Chapter 2

           MammyfeltthatsheownedtheO’Haras,bodyandsoul,thattheirsecretswerehersecrets;andevenahintofamysterywasenoughtosetheruponthetrailasrelentlesslyasabloodhound. Scarlettknewfromexperiencethat,ifMammy’scuriositywerenotimmediatelysatisfied,shewouldtakeupthematterwithEllen,andthenScarlettwouldbeforcedtorevealeverythingtohermother,orthinkupsomeplausiblelie. 

           Mammyemergedfromthehall,ahugeoldwomanwiththesmall,shrewdeyesofanelephant.Shewasshiningblack,pureAfrican,devotedtoherlastdropofbloodtotheO’Haras,Ellen’smainstay,thedespairofherthreedaughters,theterroroftheotherhouseservants. Mammywasblack,buthercodeofconductandhersenseofpridewereashighasorhigherthanthoseofherowners. ShehadbeenraisedinthebedroomofSolangeRobillard,EllenO’Hara’smother,adainty,cold,high-nosedFrench-woman,whosparedneitherherchildrennorherservantstheirjustpunishmentforanyinfringementofdecorum. ShehadbeenEllen’smammyandhadcomewithherfromSavannahtotheup-countrywhenshemarried. WhomMammyloved,shechastened. And,asherloveforScarlettandherprideinherwereenormous,thechasteningprocesswaspracticallycontinuous. 

           "Isdegempmumgone? Huccomeyoudin’astdemterstayfersupper,MissScarlett? AhdonetolePoketerlaytwoextryplatesferdem. Whar’syo’manners?" 

           "Oh,IwassotiredofhearingthemtalkaboutthewarthatIcouldn’thaveendureditthroughsupper,especiallywithPajoininginandshoutingaboutMr.Lincoln." 

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