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Chapter 21

           "Gawdlmighty,MissScarlett!"andsuddenfrightwasinPrissy’sblackface."DeYankeesain’atTara,isdey?"

           "Idon’tknow.I’mtellingyoutoaskfornews."

           "Gawdlmighty,MissScarlett!Whut’lldeydoterMaw?"

           Prissybegantobawlsuddenly,loudly,thesoundaddingtoScarlett’sownuneasiness.

           "Stopbawling!MissMelaniewillhearyou.Nowgochangeyourapron,quick."

           Spurredtospeed,PrissyhurriedtowardthebackofthehousewhileScarlettscratchedahastynoteonthemarginofGerald’slastlettertohertheonlybitofpaperinthehouse.Asshefoldedit,sothathernotewasuppermost,shecaughtGerald’swords,"Yourmothertyphoidundernoconditiontocomehome"Shealmostsobbed.Ifitwasn’tforMelanie,she’dstarthome,rightthisminute,ifshehadtowalkeverystepoftheway.

           Prissywentoffatatrot,thelettergrippedinherhand,andScarlettwentbackupstairs,tryingtothinkofsomeplausiblelietoexplainMrs.Elsing’sfailuretoappear.ButMelanieaskednoquestions.Shelayuponherback,herfacetranquilandsweet,andthesightofherquietedScarlettforawhile.

           Shesatdownandtriedtotalkofinconsequentialthings,butthethoughtsofTaraandapossibledefeatbytheYankeesproddedcruelly.ShethoughtofEllendyingandoftheYankeescomingintoAtlanta,burningeverything,killingeverybody.Throughitall,thedullfar-offthunderingpersisted,rollingintoherearsinwavesoffear.

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