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Chapter 13

           Atleast,peoplewhowerenotasfarsightedasIwillcallitthat.AnyloyalConfederatewhohadathousanddollarsincashin1861couldhavedonewhatIdid,buthowfewweremercenaryenoughtotakeadvantageoftheiropportunities!Asforinstance,rightafterFortSumterfellandbeforetheblockadewasestablished,Iboughtupseveralthousandbalesofcottonatdirt-cheappricesandranthemtoEngland.TheyarestillthereinwarehousesinLiverpool.I’veneversoldthem.I’mholdingthemuntiltheEnglishmillshavetohavecottonandwillgivemeanypriceIask.Iwouldn’tbesurprisedifIgotadollarapound."

           "You’llgetadollarapoundwhenelephantsroostintrees!"

           "I’llbelieveI’llgetit.Cottonisatseventy-twocentsapoundalready.I’mgoingtobearichmanwhenthiswarisover,Scarlett,becauseIwasfarsightedpardonme,mercenary.Itoldyouoncebeforethatthereweretwotimesformakingbigmoney,oneintheupbuildingofacountryandtheotherinitsdestruction.Slowmoneyontheupbuilding,fastmoneyinthecrack-up.Remembermywords.Perhapstheymaybeofusetoyousomeday."

           "Idoappreciategoodadvicesomuch,"saidScarlett,withallthesarcasmshecouldmuster."ButIdon’tneedyouradvice.DoyouthinkPaisapauper?He’sgotallthemoneyI’lleverneedandthenIhaveCharles’propertybesides."

           "IimaginetheFrencharistocratsthoughtpracticallythesamethinguntiltheverymomentwhentheyclimbedintothetumbrils."

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