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Chapter 15

           Therewassomethingnewandstrangeaboutthesquaresetofhisshouldersandthecoolbrightgleamofhiseyes.Wherehehadoncebeenloungingandindolent,hewasnowasalertasaprowlingcat,withthetensealertnessofonewhosenervesareperpetuallydrawnastightasthestringsofaviolin.Inhiseyes,therewasafagged,hauntedlook,andthesunburnedskinwastightacrossthefinebonesofhisfacehersamehandsomeAshley,yetsoverydifferent.

           ScarletthadmadeherplanstospendChristmasatTara,butafterAshley’stelegramcamenopoweronearth,notevenadirectcommandfromthedisappointedEllen,coulddragherawayfromAtlanta.HadAshleyintendedgoingtoTwelveOaks,shewouldhavehastenedtoTaratobenearhim;buthehadwrittenhisfamilytojoinhiminAtlanta,andMr.WilkesandHoneyandIndiawerealreadyintown.GohometoTaraandmissseeinghim,aftertwolongyears?Misstheheart-quickeningsoundofhisvoice,missreadinginhiseyesthathehadnotforgottenher?Never!Notforallthemothersintheworld.

           AshleycamehomefourdaysbeforeChristmas,withagroupoftheCountyboysalsoonfurlough,asadlydiminishedgroupsinceGettysburg.CadeCalvertwasamongthem,athin,gauntCade,whocoughedcontinually,twooftheMunroeboys,bubblingwiththeexcitementoftheirfirstleavesince1861,andAlexandTonyFontaine,splendidlydrunk,boisterousandquarrelsome.

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