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Chapter 26

           ShedroppedhereyestothegroundandwaitedforGrandmatospeak.ThesilencewassoprolongedshewonderedifGrandmacouldhavefailedtocomprehendherdesperateplight.Finallytheoldvoicespokeandhertoneswerekind,kinderthanScarletthadeverheardheruseinaddressinganyone.

           "Child,it’saverybadthingforawomantofacetheworstthatcanhappentoher,becauseaftershe’sfacedtheworstshecan’teverreallyfearanythingagain.Andit’sverybadforawomannottobeafraidofsomething.YouthinkIdon’tunderstandwhatyou’vetoldmewhatyou’vebeenthrough?Well,Iunderstandverywell.WhenIwasaboutyourageIwasintheCreekuprising,rightaftertheFortMimsmassacreyes,"shesaidinafar-awayvoice,"justaboutyourageforthatwasfifty-oddyearsago.AndImanagedtogetintothebushesandhideandIlaythereandsawourhouseburnandIsawtheIndiansscalpmybrothersandsisters.AndIcouldonlyliethereandpraythatthelightoftheflameswouldn’tshowupmyhidingplace.AndtheydraggedMotheroutandkilledherabouttwentyfeetfromwhereIwaslying.Andscalpedhertoo.AndeversooftenoneIndianwouldgobacktoherandsinkhistommyhawkintoherskullagain.IIwasmymother’spetandIlaythereandsawitall.AndinthemorningIsetoutforthenearestsettlementanditwasthirtymilesaway.Ittookmethreedaystogetthere,throughtheswampsandtheIndians,andafterwardtheythoughtI’dlosemymind....That’swhereImetDr.Fontaine.

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