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Chapter 17

           FannyElsing,paleandholloweyedsinceGettysburg,wastryingtokeephermindfromthetorturingpicturewhichhadwornagrooveinhertiredmindthesepastseveralmonthsLieutenantDallasMcLuredyinginajoltingoxcartintherainonthelong,terribleretreatintoMaryland.

           CaptainCareyAshburn’suselessarmwashurtinghimagainandmoreoverhewasdepressedbythethoughtthathiscourtshipofScarlettwasatastandstill.ThathadbeenthesituationeversincethenewsofAshleyWilkes’capture,thoughtheconnectionbetweenthetwoeventsdidnotoccurtohim.ScarlettandMelaniebothwerethinkingofAshley,astheyalwaysdidwhenurgenttasksorthenecessityofcarryingonaconversationdidnotdivertthem.Scarlettwasthinkingbitterly,sorrowfully:Hemustbedeadorelsewewouldhaveheard.Melanie,stemmingthetideoffearagainandagain,throughendlesshours,wastellingherself:"Hecan’tbedead.I’dknowitI’dfeelitifheweredead."RhettButlerloungedintheshadows,hislonglegsintheirelegantbootscrossednegligently,hisdarkfaceanunreadableblank.InhisarmsWadesleptcontentedly,acleanlypickedwishboneinhissmallhand.ScarlettalwayspermittedWadetosituplatewhenRhettcalledbecausetheshychildwasfondofhim,andRhettoddlyenoughseemedtobefondofWade.GenerallyScarlettwasannoyedbythechild’spresence,buthealwaysbehavednicelyinRhett’sarms.

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