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Chapter 25

           Sometimes,inthedaysofbackbreakingwork,inthedesperatestruggleforfoodandthenever-ceasingcareofthethreesickgirls,Scarlettfoundherselfstrainingherearsforfamiliarsoundstheshrilllaughterofthepickaninniesinthequarters,thecreakingofwagonshomefromthefields,thethunderofGerald’sstalliontearingacrossthepasture,thecrunchingofcarriagewheelsonthedriveandthegayvoicesofneighborsdroppinginforanafternoonofgossip.Butshelistenedinvain.Theroadlaystillanddesertedandneveracloudofreddustproclaimedtheapproachofvisitors.Tarawasanislandinaseaofrollinggreenhillsandredfields.

           Somewherewastheworldandfamilieswhoateandsleptsafelyundertheirownroofs.Somewheregirlsinthrice-turneddresseswereflirtinggailyandsinging"WhenThisCruelWarIsOver,"asshehaddoneonlyafewweeksbefore.Somewheretherewasawarandcannonboomingandburningtownsandmenwhorottedinhospitalsamidsickening-sweetstinks.Somewhereabarefootarmyindirtyhomespunwasmarching,fighting,sleeping,hungryandwearywiththewearinessthatcomeswhenhopeisgone.AndsomewherethehillsofGeorgiawerebluewithYankees,well-fedYankeesonsleekcorn-stuffedhorses.

           BeyondTarawasthewarandtheworld.Butontheplantationthewarandtheworlddidnotexistexceptasmemorieswhichmustbefoughtbackwhentheyrushedtomindinmomentsofexhaustion.

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