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Chapter 13

           "Anditwasn’tmyfault.I—Icouldn’trunawayfromher.Itwouldhavebeensorude.Scarlett,I—Ifeltsorryforher.DoyouthinkI’mbadforfeelingthatway?"

           ButScarlettwasnotconcernedwiththeethicsofthematter.Likemostinnocentandwell-bredyoungwomen,shehadadevouringcuriosityaboutprostitutes.

           "Whatdidshewant?Whatdoesshetalklike?"

           "Oh,sheusedawfulgrammarbutIcouldseeshewastryingsohardtobeelegant,poorthing.IcameoutofthehospitalandUnclePeterandthecarriageweren’twaiting,soIthoughtI’dwalkhome.AndwhenIwentbytheEmersons’yard,thereshewashidingbehindthehedge!Oh,thankHeaven,theEmersonsareinMacon!Andshesaid,‘Please,Mrs.Wilkes,dospeakaminutewithme.’Idon’tknowhowsheknewmyname.IknewIoughttorunashardasIcouldbut—well,Scarlett,shelookedsosadand—well,sortofpleading.Andshehadonablackdressandblackbonnetandnopaintandreallylookeddecentbutforthatredhair.AndbeforeIcouldanswershesaid.‘IknowIshouldn’tspeaktoyoubutItriedtotalktothatoldpeahen,Mrs.Elsing,andsheranmeawayfromthehospital.’"

           "Didshereallycallherapeahen?"saidScarlettpleasedlyandlaughed.

           "Oh,don’tlaugh.Itisn’tfunny.ItseemsthatMiss—thiswoman,wantedtodosomethingforthehospital—canyouimagineit?Sheofferedtonurseeverymorningand,ofcourse,Mrs.Elsingmusthavenearlydiedattheideaandorderedheroutofthehospital.

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