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Chapter 27

           "TheYankeesarecoming!Isawthem!Downtheroad!TheYankees"

           Shesawedsavagelyatthehorse’smouthjustintimetoswervehimfromleapingupthefrontsteps.Heswungaroundsharply,coveredthesidelawninthreeleapsandsheputhimacrossthefour-foothedgeasifshewereonthehuntingfield.TheyheardtheheavypoundingofhishoovesashewentthroughthebackyardanddownthenarrowlanebetweenthecabinsofthequartersandknewshewascuttingacrossthefieldstoMimosa.

           ForamomenttheystoodparalyzedandthenSuellenandCarreenbegantosobandclutcheachother’sfingers.LittleWadestoodrooted,trembling,unabletocry.WhathehadfearedsincethenightheleftAtlantahadhappened.TheYankeeswerecomingtogethim.

           "Yankees?"saidGeraldvaguely."ButtheYankeeshavealreadybeenhere."

           "MotherofGod!"criedScarlett,hereyesmeetingMelanie’sfrightenedeyes.ForaswiftinstanttherewentthroughhermemoryagainthehorrorsofherlastnightinAtlanta,theruinedhomesthatdottedthecountryside,allthestoriesofrapeandtortureandmurder.ShesawagaintheYankeesoldierstandinginthehallwithEllen’ssewingboxinhishand.Shethought:"Ishalldie.Ishalldierighthere.Ithoughtwewerethroughwithallthat.Ishalldie.Ican’tstandanymore."

           ThenhereyesfellonthehorsesaddledandhitchedandwaitingforPorktoridehimtotheTarletonplaceonanerrand.Herhorse!Heronlyhorse!TheYankeeswouldtakehimandthecowandthecalf.

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