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Chapter 23

           Forthefirsttime,sherealizedthatthiswasAshley’sbabyandsuddenlywishedwithallthestrengthleftinherthathewereherbaby,hersandAshley’s.

           PrissycameboundingupthestairsandScarletthandedthechildtoher.Theywenthastilydown,thelampthrowinguncertainshadowsonthewall.Inthehall,Scarlettsawabonnetandputitonhurriedly,tyingtheribbonsunderherchin.ItwasMelanie’sblackmourningbonnetanditdidnotfitScarlett’sheadbutshecouldnotrecallwhereshehadputherownbonnet.

           Shewentoutofthehouseanddownthefrontsteps,carryingthelampandtryingtokeepthesaberfrombangingagainstherlegs.Melanielayfulllengthinthebackofthewagon,and,besideher,wereWadeandthetowel-swathedbaby.Prissyclimbedinandtookthebabyinherarms.

           Thewagonwasverysmallandtheboardsaboutthesidesverylow.Thewheelsleanedinwardasiftheirfirstrevolutionwouldmakethemcomeoff.Shetookonelookatthehorseandherheartsank.Hewasasmallemaciatedanimalandhestoodwithhisheaddispiritedlylow,almostbetweenhisforelegs.Hisbackwasrawwithsoresandharnessgallsandhebreathedasnosoundhorseshould.

           "Notmuchofananimal,isit?"grinnedRhett."Lookslikehe’lldieintheshafts.Buthe’sthebestIcoulddo.SomedayI’lltellyouwithembellishmentsjustwhereandhowIstolehimandhownarrowlyImissedgettingshot.Nothingbutmydevotiontoyouwouldmakeme,atthisstageofmycareer,turnhorsethiefandthiefofsuchahorse.Letmehelpyouin."

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