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Chapter 18

           Inaddition,beviesofbellesfromthecountrydistricts,whereallremainingmenwereundersixteenoroversixty,descendeduponthetown.AuntPittydisapprovedhighlyoftheselast,forshefelttheyhadcometoAtlantafornoreasonatallexcepttocatchhusbands,andtheshamelessnessofitmadeherwonderwhattheworldwascomingto.Scarlettdisapproved,too.Shedidnotcarefortheeagercompetitionfurnishedbythesixteen-year-oldswhosefreshcheeksandbrightsmilesmadeoneforgettheirtwice-turnedfrocksandpatchedshoes.Herownclotheswereprettierandnewerthanmost,thankstothematerialRhettButlerhadbroughtheronthelastboatheranin,but,afterall,shewasnineteenandgettingalongandmenhadawayofchasingsillyyoungthings.

           Awidowwithachildwasatadisadvantagewiththeseprettyminxes,shethought.Butintheseexcitingdaysherwidowhoodandhermotherhoodweighedlessheavilyuponherthaneverbefore.Betweenhospitaldutiesinthedaytimeandpartiesatnight,shehardlyeversawWade.Sometimessheactuallyforgot,forlongstretches,thatshehadachild.

           Inthewarmwetsummernights,Atlanta’shomesstoodopentothesoldiers,thetown’sdefenders.ThebighousesfromWashingtonStreettoPeachtreeStreetblazedwithlights,asthemuddyfightersinfromtheriflepitswereentertained,andthesoundofbanjoandfiddleandthescrapeofdancingfeetandlightlaughtercarriedfaronthenightair.

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