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Chapter 27

           Shesousedtheendoftherugintothebucketanddrawingadeepbreathplungedagainintothesmoke-filledroomslammingthedoorbehindher.Foraneternityshereeledandcoughed,beatingtherugagainstthelinesoffirethatshotswiftlybeyondher.Twiceherlongskirttookfireandsheslappeditoutwithherhands.Shecouldsmellthesickeningsmellofherhairscorching,asitcameloosefromitspinsandsweptabouthershoulders.Theflamesracedeverbeyondher,towardthewallsofthecoveredrunway,fierysnakesthatwrithedandleapedand,exhaustionsweepingher,sheknewthatitwashopeless.

           Thenthedoorswungopenandthesuckingdraftflungtheflameshigher.Itclosedwithabangand,intheswirlingsmoke,Scarlett,halfblind,sawMelanie,stampingherfeetontheflames,beatingatthemwithsomethingdarkandheavy.Shesawherstaggering,heardhercoughing,caughtalightning-flashglimpseofhersetwhitefaceandeyesnarrowtoslitsagainstthesmoke,sawhersmallbodycurvingbackandforthassheswungherrugupanddown.Foranothereternitytheyfoughtandswayed,sidebyside,andScarlettcouldseethatthelinesoffirewereshortening.ThensuddenlyMelanieturnedtowardherand,withacry,hitheracrosstheshoulderswithallhermight.Scarlettwentdowninawhirlwindofsmokeanddarkness.

           Whensheopenedhereyesshewaslyingonthebackporch,herheadpillowedcomfortablyonMelanie’slap,andtheafternoonsunlightwasshiningonherface.Herhands,faceandshoulderssmartedintolerablyfromburns.

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