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Chapter 27

           But,toScarlett,watchingthebluecoatspourintothefronthall,itwasnotacountrywideaffair.Itwasentirelypersonal,amaliciousactionaimeddirectlyatherandhers.

           Shestoodatthefootofthestairs,thebabyinherarms,Wadepressedtightlyagainsther,hisheadhiddeninherskirtsastheYankeesswarmedthroughthehouse,pushingroughlypastherupthestairs,draggingfurnitureontothefrontporch,runningbayonetsandknivesintoupholsteryanddigginginsideforconcealedvaluables.Upstairstheywererippingopenmattressesandfeatherbedsuntiltheairinthehallwasthickwithfeathersthatfloatedsoftlydownonherhead.Impotentragequelledwhatlittlefearwasleftinherheartasshestoodhelplesswhiletheyplunderedandstoleandruined.

           Thesergeantinchargewasabow-legged,grizzledlittlemanwithalargewadoftobaccoinhischeek.HereachedScarlettbeforeanyofhismenand,spittingfreelyonthefloorandherskirts,saidbriefly:

           "Lemmehavewhatyougotinyorehand,lady."

           Shehadforgottenthetrinketsshehadintendedtohideand,withasneerwhichshehopedwasaseloquentasthatpicturedonGrandmaRobillard’sface,sheflungthearticlestothefloorandalmostenjoyedtherapaciousscramblethatensued.

           "I’lltroubleyouforthetringandthemearbobs."

           Scarletttuckedthebabymoresecurelyunderherarmsothathehungfacedownward,crimsonandscreaming,andremovedthegarnetearringswhichhadbeenGerald’sweddingpresenttoEllen.

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