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Chapter 23

           Then,therewasacrashoffallingtimbersnearbyandScarlettsawathintongueofflamelickupovertheroofofthewarehouseinwhoseshelteringshadowtheysat.Thenpennonsandbattleflagsofflameflaredtriumphantlytotheskyabovethem.SmokeburnthernostrilsandWadeandPrissybegancoughing.Thebabymadesoftsneezingsounds.

           "Oh,nameofGod,Rhett!Areyoucrazy?Hurry!Hurry!"

           Rhettmadenoreplybutbroughtthetreelimbdownonthehorse’sbackwithacruelforcethatmadetheanimalleapforward.Withallthespeedthehorsecouldsummon,theyjoltedandbouncedacrossMariettaStreet.Aheadofthemwasatunneloffirewherebuildingswereblazingoneithersideoftheshort,narrowstreetthatleddowntotherailroadtracks.Theyplungedintoit.Aglarebrighterthanadozensunsdazzledtheireyes,scorchingheatsearedtheirskinsandtheroaring,crackingandcrashingbeatupontheirearsinpainfulwaves.Foraneternity,itseemed,theywereinthemidstofflamingtormentandthenabruptlytheywereinsemidarknessagain.

           Astheydasheddownthestreetandbumpedovertherailroadtracks,Rhettappliedthewhipautomatically.Hisfacelookedsetandabsent,asthoughhehadforgottenwherehewas.Hisbroadshoulderswerehunchedforwardandhischinjuttedoutasthoughthethoughtsinhismindwerenotpleasant.Theheatofthefiremadesweatstreamdownhisforeheadandcheeksbuthedidnotwipeitoff.

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