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Chapter 26

           Theoldsowhadfinallybeencapturedandsheandherbroodrootedandgruntedhappilyunderthehousewheretheywerepenned.Sometimestheysquealedsoloudlynooneinthehousecouldtalkbutitwasapleasantsound.Itmeantfreshporkforthewhitefolksandchitterlingsforthenegroeswhencoldweatherandhog-killingtimeshouldarrive,anditmeantfoodforthewinterforall.

           Scarlett’svisittotheFontaineshadheartenedhermorethansherealized.Justtheknowledgethatshehadneighbors,thatsomeofthefamilyfriendsandoldhomeshadsurvived,droveouttheterriblelossandalonefeelingwhichhadoppressedherinherfirstweeksatTara.AndtheFontainesandTarletons,whoseplantationshadnotbeeninthepathofthearmy,weremostgenerousinsharingwhatlittletheyhad.ItwasthetraditionoftheCountythatneighborhelpedneighborandtheyrefusedtoacceptapennyfromScarlett,tellingherthatshewoulddothesameforthemandshecouldpaythemback,inkind,nextyearwhenTarawasagainproducing.

           Scarlettnowhadfoodforherhousehold,shehadahorse,shehadthemoneyandjewelrytakenfromtheYankeestraggler,andthegreatestneedwasnewclothing.SheknewitwouldberiskybusinesssendingPorksouthtobuyclothes,whenthehorsemightbecapturedbyeitherYankeesorConfederates.But,atleast,shehadthemoneywithwhichtobuytheclothes,ahorseandwagonforthetrip,andperhapsPorkcouldmakethetripwithoutgettingcaught.Yes,theworstwasover.

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