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Chapter 26

           Nowthecurtainhadbeenrungdownforever,thefootlightsdimmedandtheaudiencesuddenlyvanished,whilethestunnedoldactorremainedonhisemptystage,waitingforhiscues.

           Thatmorningthehousewasstill,foreveryoneexceptScarlett,Wadeandthethreesickgirlswasintheswamphuntingthesow.EvenGeraldhadarousedalittleandstumpedoffacrossthefurrowedfields,onehandonPork’sarmandacoilofropeintheother.SuellenandCareenhadcriedthemselvestosleep,astheydidatleasttwiceadaywhentheythoughtofEllen,tearsofgriefandweaknessoozingdowntheirsunkencheeks.Melanie,whohadbeenproppeduponpillowsforthefirsttimethatday,laycoveredwithamendedsheetbetweentwobabies,thedownyflaxenheadofonecuddledinherarm,thekinkyblackheadofDilcey’schildheldasgentlyintheother.Wadesatatthebottomofthebed,listeningtoafairystory.

           ToScarlett,thestillnessatTarawasunbearable,foritremindedhertoosharplyofthedeathlikestillnessofthedesolatecountrythroughwhichshehadpassedthatlongdayonherwayhomefromAtlanta.Thecowandthecalfhadmadenosoundforhours.Therewerenobirdstwitteringoutsideherwindowandeventhenoisyfamilyofmockerswhohadlivedamongtheharshlyrustlingleavesofthemagnoliaforgenerationshadnosongthatday.

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