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Chapter 17

           "There’llbejustonebriefskirmishandtheYankeeswillskedaddlebackintoTennessee.Andwhentheygetthere,GeneralForrestwilltakecareofthem.YouladiesneedhavenoalarmabouttheproximityoftheYankees,forGeneralJohnstonandhisarmystandsthereinthemountainslikeanironrampart.Yes,anironrampart,"herepeated,relishinghisphrase."Shermanwillneverpass.He’llneverdislodgeOldJoe."

           Theladiessmiledapprovingly,forhislightestutterancewasregardedasincontrovertibletruth.Afterall,menunderstoodthesemattersmuchbetterthanwomen,andifhesaidGeneralJohnstonwasanironrampart,hemustbeone.OnlyRhettspoke.Hehadbeensilentsincesupperandhadsatinthetwilightlisteningtothewartalkwithadown-twistedmouth,holdingthesleepingchildagainsthisshoulder.

           "IbelievethatrumorhasitthatShermanhasoveronehundredthousandmen,nowthathisreinforcementshavecomeup?"

           Thedoctoransweredhimshortly.Hehadbeenunderconsiderablestraineversincehefirstarrivedandfoundthatoneofhisfellowdinerswasthismanwhomhedislikedsoheartily.OnlytherespectdueMissPittypatandhispresenceunderherroofasaguesthadrestrainedhimfromshowinghisfeelingsmoreobviously.

           "Well,sir?"thedoctorbarkedinreply.

           "IbelieveCaptainAshburnsaidjustawhileagothatGeneralJohnstonhadonlyaboutfortythousand,countingthedeserterswhowereencouragedtocomebacktothecolorsbythelastvictory."

           "Sir,"saidMrs.Meadeindignantly.

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