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Chapter 24

           SoonMammywouldbewithherEllen’sMammy,herMammy.Shesatsilent,intentonnothing,whilethebaby,alreadygluttedwithmilk,whimperedbecausehehadlostthefriendlynipple.Dilcey,silenttoo,guidedthechild’smouthback,quietinghiminherarmsasScarlettlistenedtotheslowscuffingofMammy’sfeetacrossthebackyard.Howstillthenightairwas!Theslightestsoundsroaredinherears.

           TheupstairshallseemedtoshakeasMammy’sponderousweightcametowardthedoor.ThenMammywasintheroom,Mammywithshouldersdraggeddownbytwoheavywoodenbuckets,herkindblackfacesadwiththeuncomprehendingsadnessofamonkey’sface.

           HereyeslightedupatthesightofScarlett,herwhiteteethgleamedasshesetdownthebuckets,andScarlettrantoher,layingherheadonthebroad,saggingbreastswhichhadheldsomanyheads,blackandwhite.Herewassomethingofstability,thoughtScarlett,somethingoftheoldlifethatwasunchanging.ButMammy’sfirstwordsdispelledthisillusion.

           "Mammy’schileishome!Oh,MissScarlett,nowdatMissEllen’sindegrabe,whutiswegwineterdo?Oh,MissScarlett,effenAhwuzjes’daidlongsideMissEllen!AhkainmakeoutwidoutMissEllen.Ain’nuthin’lef’nowbutmizryan’trouble.Jes’weeryloads,honey,jes’weeryloads."

           AsScarlettlaywithherheadhuggedclosetoMammy’sbreast,twowordscaughtherattention,"weeryloads."Thosewerethewordswhichhadhummedinherbrainthatafternoonsomonotonouslytheyhadsickenedher.

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