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Chapter 3

           Whileheentertainedtheliveliestrespectforthosewhohadmorebooklearningthanhe,heneverfelthisownlack.Andwhatneedhadheofthesethingsinanewcountrywherethemostignorantofbogtrottershadmadegreatfortunes?inthiscountrywhichaskedonlythatamanbestrongandunafraidofwork?

           NordidJamesandAndrew,whotookhimintotheirstoreinSavannah,regrethislackofeducation.Hisclearhand,hisaccuratefiguresandhisshrewdabilityinbargainingwontheirrespect,whereaknowledgeofliteratureandafineappreciationofmusic,hadyoungGeraldpossessedthem,wouldhavemovedthemtosnortsofcontempt.America,intheearlyyearsofthecentury,hadbeenkindtotheIrish.JamesandAndrew,whohadbegunbyhaulinggoodsincoveredwagonsfromSavannahtoGeorgia’sinlandtowns,hadprosperedintoastoreoftheirown,andGeraldprosperedwiththem.

           HelikedtheSouth,andhesoonbecame,inhisownopinion,aSoutherner.TherewasmuchabouttheSouthandSouthernersthathewouldnevercomprehend:but,withthewholeheartednessthatwashisnature,headopteditsideasandcustoms,asheunderstoodthem,forhisownpokerandhorseracing,red-hotpoliticsandthecodeduello,States’RightsanddamnationtoallYankees,slaveryandKingCotton,contemptforwhitetrashandexaggeratedcourtesytowomen.Heevenlearnedtochewtobacco.Therewasnoneedforhimtoacquireagoodheadforwhisky,hehadbeenbornwithone.

           ButGeraldremainedGerald.Hishabitsoflivingandhisideaschanged,buthismannershewouldnotchange,evenhadhebeenabletochangethem.

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