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Chapter 14

           Elsing,erectasaSpartanmother,betrayingherinnerturmoilonlybythestragglinggraylocksthathungfromherchignon;andFannyElsingwhiteasaghost.(SurelyFannywouldn’tbesoworriedaboutherbrotherHugh.Hadshearealbeauatthefrontthatnoonesuspected?)Mrs.MerriwethersatinhercarriagepattingMaybelle’shand.Maybellelookedsoverypregnantitwasadisgraceforhertobeoutinpublic,evenifshedidhavehershawlcarefullydrapedoverher.Whyshouldshebesoworried?NobodyhadheardthattheLouisianatroopswereinPennsylvania.ProbablyherhairylittleZouavewassafeinRichmondthisveryminute.

           TherewasamovementontheoutskirtsofthecrowdandthoseonfootgavewayasRhettButlercarefullyedgedhishorsetowardAuntPitty’scarriage.Scarlettthought:He’sgotcourage,cominghereatthistimewhenitwouldn’ttakeanythingtomakethismobtearhimtopiecesbecauseheisn’tinuniform.Ashecamenearer,shethoughtshemightbethefirsttorendhim.Howdaredhesitthereonthatfinehorse,inshiningbootsandhandsomewhitelinensuit,sosleekandwellfed,smokinganexpensivecigar,whenAshleyandalltheotherboyswerefightingtheYankees,barefooted,swelteringintheheat,hungry,theirbelliesrottenwithdisease?

           Bitterlookswerethrownathimashecameslowlythroughthepress.Oldmengrowledintheirbeards,andMrs.Merriwetherwhofearednothingroseslightlyinhercarriageandsaidclearly:"Speculator!"inatonethatmadethewordthefoulestandmostvenomousofepithets.

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