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Chapter 25

           TheYankeeshadcome,thedarkieshadgoneandMotherhaddied.Herewerethreeunbelievablehappeningsandtheirmindscouldnottakethemin.Sometimestheybelievedtheymuststillbedeliriousandthesethingshadnothappenedatall.CertainlyScarlettwassochangedshecouldn’tbereal.Whenshehungoverthefootoftheirbedandoutlinedtheworksheexpectedthemtodowhentheyrecovered,theylookedatherasifshewereahobgoblin.Itwasbeyondtheircomprehensionthattheynolongerhadahundredslavestodothework.ItwasbeyondtheircomprehensionthatanO’Haraladyshoulddomanuallabor.

           "But,Sister,"saidCarreen,hersweetchildishfaceblankwithconsternation."Icouldn’tsplitkindling!Itwouldruinmyhands!"

           "Lookatmine,"answeredScarlettwithafrighteningsmileasshepushedblisteredandcallousedpalmstowardher.

           "IthinkyouarehatefultotalktoBabyandmelikethis!"criedSuellen."Ithinkyouarelyingandtryingtofrightenus.IfMotherwereonlyhere,shewouldn’tletyoutalktouslikethis!Splitkindling,indeed!"

           Suellenlookedwithweakloathingatheroldersister,feelingsureScarlettsaidthesethingsjusttobemean.Suellenhadnearlydiedandshehadlosthermotherandshewaslonelyandscaredandshewantedtobepettedandmademuchof.Instead,Scarlettlookedoverthefootofthebedeachday,appraisingtheirimprovementwithahatefulnewgleaminherslantinggreeneyesandtalkedaboutmakingbeds,preparingfood,carryingwaterbucketsandsplittingkindling.

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