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Chapter 26

           Sinceshecamehomeshehadwondereddespairinglyathousandtimes:"ArewetheonlyfolksleftintheCounty?Haseverybodyelsebeenburnedout?HavetheyallrefugeedtoMacon?"WiththememoryoftheruinsofTwelveOaks,theMacIntoshplaceandtheSlatteryshackfreshinhermind,shealmostdreadedtodiscoverthetruth.Butitwasbettertoknowtheworstthantowonder.ShedecidedtoridetotheFontaines’first,notbecausetheywerethenearestneighborsbutbecauseoldDr.Fontainemightbethere.Melanieneededadoctor.ShewasnotrecoveringassheshouldandScarlettwasfrightenedbyherwhiteweakness.

           Soonthefirstdaywhenherfoothadhealedenoughtostandaslipper,shemountedtheYankee’shorse.Onefootintheshortenedstirrupandtheotherlegcrookedaboutthepommelinanapproximationofasidesaddle,shesetoutacrossthefieldstowardMimosa,steelingherselftofinditburned.

           Tohersurpriseandpleasure,shesawthefadedyellow-stuccohousestandingamidthemimosatrees,lookingasithadalwayslooked.Warmhappiness,happinessthatalmostbroughttears,floodedherwhenthethreeFontainewomencameoutofthehousetowelcomeherwithkissesandcriesofjoy.

           Butwhenthefirstexclamationsofaffectionategreetingwereoverandtheyallhadtroopedintothediningroomtositdown,Scarlettfeltachill.TheYankeeshadnotreachedMimosabecauseitwasfaroffthemainroad.

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