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Chapter 24

           PorktookthegourdinonehandandGerald’sarmintheother.ScarlettpickeduptheflaringcandleandthethreewalkedslowlyintothedarkhallandupthewindingstepstowardGerald’sroom.

           TheroomwhereSuellenandCarreenlaymumblingandtossingonthesamebedstankvilelywiththesmellofthetwistedragburninginasaucerofbaconfat,whichprovidedtheonlylight.WhenScarlettfirstopenedthedoorthethickatmosphereoftheroom,withallwindowsclosedandtheairreekingwithsick-roomodors,medicinesmellsandstinkinggrease,almostmadeherfaint.Doctorsmightsaythatfreshairwasfatalinasickroombutifsheweretosithere,shemusthaveairordie.Sheopenedthethreewindows,bringinginthesmellofoakleavesandearth,butthefreshaircoulddolittletowarddispellingthesickeningodorswhichhadaccumulatedforweeksinthiscloseroom.

           CarreenandSuellen,emaciatedandwhite,sleptbrokenlyandawoketomumblewithwide,staringeyesinthetallfour-posterbedwheretheyhadwhisperedtogetherinbetter,happierdays.Inthecorneroftheroomwasanemptybed,anarrowFrenchEmpirebedwithcurlingheadandfoot,abedwhichEllenhadbroughtfromSavannah.ThiswaswhereEllenhadlain.

           Scarlettsatbesidethetwogirls,staringatthemstupidly.Thewhiskytakenonastomachlongemptywasplayingtricksonher.Sometimeshersistersseemedfarawayandtinyandtheirincoherentvoicescametoherlikethebuzzofinsects.Andagain,theyloomedlarge,rushingatherwithlightningspeed.

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