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Chapter 21

           Commissarywagonswithtorncanvascoversrockedthroughtheruts.Cavalryraisingcloudsofchokingdustwentpastendlessly.Shehadneverseensomanysoldierstogetherbefore.Retreat!Retreat!Thearmywasmovingout.

           Thehurryinglinespushedherbackontothepackedsidewalkandshesmelledthereekofcheapcornwhisky.TherewerewomeninthemobnearDecaturStreet,garishlydressedwomenwhosebrightfineryandpaintedfacesgaveadiscordantnoteofholiday.Mostofthemweredrunkandthesoldiersonwhosearmstheyhungweredrunker.Shecaughtafleetingglimpseofaheadofredcurlsandsawthatcreature,BelleWatling,heardhershrilldrunkenlaughterassheclungforsupporttoaone-armedsoldierwhoreeledandstaggered.

           WhenshehadshovedandpushedherwaythroughthemobforablockbeyondFivePointsthecrowdthinnedalittleand,gatheringupherskirts,shebegantorunagain.WhenshereachedWesleyChapel,shewasbreathlessanddizzyandsickatherstomach.Herstayswerecuttingherribsintwo.Shesankdownonthestepsofthechurchandburiedherheadinherhandsuntilshecouldbreathemoreeasily.Ifshecouldonlygetonedeepbreath,waydowninherabdomen.Ifherheartwouldonlystopbumpinganddrummingandcavorting.Iftherewereonlysomeoneinthismadplacetowhomshecouldturn.

           Why,shehadneverhadtodoathingforherselfinallherlife.Therehadalwaysbeensomeonetodothingsforher,tolookafterher,shelterandprotectherandspoilher.Itwasincrediblethatshecouldbeinsuchafix.

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