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Chapter 26

           Scarlettsaidgratefully:"Thankyou,Sugarbaby,"butlookedworriedlyatheryoungersister.Carreen,whohadalwaysbeenasdelicatelypinkandwhiteastheorchardblossomsthatarescatteredbythespringwind,wasnolongerpinkbutstillconveyedinhersweetthoughtfulfaceablossomlikequality.Shehadbeensilent,alittledazedsinceshecamebacktoconsciousnessandfoundEllengone,Scarlettatermagant,theworldchangedandunceasinglabortheorderofthenewday.ItwasnotinCarreen’sdelicatenaturetoadjustherselftochange.ShesimplycouldnotcomprehendwhathadhappenedandshewentaboutTaralikeasleepwalker,doingexactlywhatshewastold.Shelooked,andwas,frailbutshewaswilling,obedientandobliging.WhenshewasnotdoingScarlett’sbidding,herrosarybeadswerealwaysinherhandsandherlipsmovinginprayersforhermotherandforBrentTarleton.ItdidnotoccurtoScarlettthatCarreenhadtakenBrent’sdeathsoseriouslyandthathergriefwasunhealed.ToScarlet,Carreenwasstill"babysister,"fartooyoungtohavehadareallyseriousloveaffair.

           Scarlett,standinginthesuninthecottonrows,herbackbreakingfromtheeternalbendingandherhandsroughenedbythedrybolls,wishedshehadasisterwhocombinedSuellen’senergyandstrengthwithCarreen’ssweetdisposition.ForCarreenpickeddiligentlyandearnestly.But,aftershehadlaboredforanhouritwasobviousthatshe,andnotSuellen,wastheonenotyetwellenoughforsuchwork.SoScarlettsentCarreenbacktothehousetoo.

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