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Chapter 27

           MellywhathadMellysaid?Oh,yes,thebaby!

           Clutchingthewallettoher,ScarlettranacrossthehalltotheroomwherelittleBeauwassleepinginthelowcradle.Shesnatchedhimupintoherarmsandheawoke,wavingsmallfistsandslobberingsleepily.

           SheheardSuellencrying:"Comeon,Carreen!Comeon!We’vegotenough.Oh,Sister,hurry!"Therewerewildsquealings,indignantgruntingsinthebackyardand,runningtothewidow,ScarlettsawMammywaddlinghurriedlyacrossthecottonfieldwithastrugglingyoungpigundereacharm.BehindherwasPorkalsocarryingtwopigsandpushingGeraldbeforehim.Geraldwasstumpingacrossthefurrows,wavinghiscane.

           LeaningoutofthewindowScarlettyelled:"Getthesow,Dilcey!MakePrissydriveherout.Youcanchaseheracrossthefields!"

           Dilceylookedup,herbronzedfaceharassed.Inherapronwasapileofsilvertableware.Shepointedunderthehouse.

           "ThesowdonebitPrissyandgotherpennedupunnerthehouse."

           "Goodforthesow,"thoughtScarlett.Shehurriedbackintoherroomandhastilygatheredfromtheirhidingplacethebracelets,brooch,miniatureandcupshehadfoundonthedeadYankee.Butwheretohidethem?Itwasawkward,carryinglittleBeauinonearmandthewalletandthetrinketsintheother.Shestartedtolayhimonthebed.

           Hesetupawailatleavingherarmsandawelcomethoughtcametoher.

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