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Chapter 14

           PoorCathleen!Hershadbeenadoubleloss,abrotherandasweetheart.ButSally’slosswasgreater—abrotherandahusband.

           Oh,thiswastooterrible.Shewasalmostafraidtoreadfurther.AuntPittywasheavingandsighingonhershoulderand,withsmallceremony,Scarlettpushedheroverintoacornerofthecarriageandcontinuedherreading.

           Surely,surely—therecouldn’tbethree"Tarleton"namesonthatlist.Perhaps—perhapsthehurriedprinterhadrepeatedthenamebyerror.Butno.Theretheywere."Tarleton—Brenton,Lieutenant.""Tarleton—Stuart,Corporal.""Tarleton—Thomas,private."AndBoyd,deadthefirstyearofthewar,wasburiedGodknewwhereinVirginia.AlltheTarletonboysgone.Tomandthelazylong-leggedtwinswiththeirloveofgossipandtheirabsurdpracticaljokesandBoydwhohadthegraceofadancingmasterandthetongueofawasp.

           Shecouldnotreadanymore.Shecouldnotknowifanyotherofthoseboyswithwhomshehadgrownup,danced,flirted,kissedwereonthatlist.Shewishedthatshecouldcry,dosomethingtoeasetheironfingersthatwerediggingintoherthroat.

           "I’msorry,Scarlett,"saidRhett.Shelookedupathim.Shehadforgottenhewasstillthere."Manyofyourfriends?"

           Shenoddedandstruggledtospeak:"AbouteveryfamilyintheCounty—andall—allthreeoftheTarletonboys."

           Hisfacewasquiet,almostsomber,andtherewasnomockinginhiseyes.

           "Andtheendisnotyet,"hesaid."Thesearejustthefirstlistsandthey’reincomplete.

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