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Chapter 24

           Now,sherememberedtherestofthesong,rememberedwithasinkingheart:

           "Justafewmoredaysfortototethewearyload!Nomatter,’twillneverbelight!Justafewmoredaystillwetotterintheroad"

           "Nomatter,’twillneverbelight"shetookthewordstohertiredmind.Wouldherloadneverbelight?WascominghometoTaratomean,notblessedsurcease,butonlymoreloadstocarry?SheslippedfromMammy’sarmsand,reachingup,pattedthewrinkledblackface.

           "Honey,yo’han’s!"Mammytookthesmallhandswiththeirblistersandbloodclotsinhersandlookedatthemwithhorrifieddisapproval."MissScarlett,Ahdonetoleyouan’toleyoudatyoukinallustellaladybyherhan’san’yo’facesunbuhnttoo!"

           PoorMammy,stillthemartinetaboutsuchunimportantthingseventhoughwaranddeathhadjustpassedoverherhead!InanothermomentshewouldbesayingthatyoungMisseswithblisteredhandsandfrecklesmostgenerallydidn’tnevercatchhusbandsandScarlettforestalledtheremark.

           "Mammy,IwantyoutotellmeaboutMother.Icouldn’tbeartohearPatalkabouther."

           TearsstartedfromMammy’seyesassheleaneddowntopickupthebuckets.Insilenceshecarriedthemtothebedsideand,turningdownthesheet,beganpullingupthenightclothesofSuellenandCarreen.Scarlett,peeringathersistersinthedimflaringlight,sawthatCarreenworeanightgown,cleanbutintatters,andSuellenlaywrappedinanoldnegligee,abrownlinengarmentheavywithtaggingendsofIrishlace.

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