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Chapter 14

           PoorCathleen!Hershadbeenadoubleloss,abrotherandasweetheart.ButSally’slosswasgreaterabrotherandahusband.

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

           Surely,surelytherecouldn’tbethree"Tarleton"namesonthatlist.Perhapsperhapsthehurriedprinterhadrepeatedthenamebyerror.Butno.Theretheywere."TarletonBrenton,Lieutenant.""TarletonStuart,Corporal.""TarletonThomas,private."AndBoyd,deadthefirstyearofthewar,wasburiedGodknewwhereinVirginia.AlltheTarletonboysgone.Tomandthelazylong-leggedtwinswiththeirloveofgossipandtheirabsurdpracticaljokesandBoydwhohadthegraceofadancingmasterandthetongueofawasp.

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

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

           Shenoddedandstruggledtospeak:"AbouteveryfamilyintheCountyandallallthreeoftheTarletonboys."

           Hisfacewasquiet,almostsomber,andtherewasnomockinginhiseyes.

           "Andtheendisnotyet,"hesaid."Thesearejustthefirstlistsandthey’reincomplete.

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