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Chapter 29

           OccasionallyapassingtravelerfromAtlantabroughtanotefromAuntPittytearfullybeggingthegirlstocomeback.ButnevernewsofAshley.

           Afterthesurrender,anever-presentfeudoverthehorsesmolderedbetweenScarlettandSuellen.NowthattherewasnodangerofYankees,Suellenwantedtogocallingontheneighbors.Lonelyandmissingthehappysociabilityoftheolddays,Suellenlongedtovisitfriends,iffornootherreasonthantoassureherselfthattherestoftheCountywasasbadoffasTara.ButScarlettwasadamant.Thehorsewasforwork,todraglogsfromthewoods,toplowandforPorktorideinsearchoffood.OnSundayshehadearnedtherighttograzeinthepastureandrest.IfSuellenwantedtogovisitingshecouldgoafoot.

           BeforethelastyearSuellenhadneverwalkedahundredyardsinherlifeandthisprospectwasanythingbutpleasing.Soshestayedathomeandnaggedandcriedandsaid,oncetoooften:"Oh,ifonlyMotherwashere!"Atthat,Scarlettgaveherthelong-promisedslap,hittinghersoharditknockedherscreamingtothebedandcausedgreatconsternationthroughoutthehouse.Thereafter,Suellenwhinedtheless,atleastinScarlett’spresence.

           Scarlettspoketruthfullywhenshesaidshewantedthehorsetorestbutthatwasonlyhalfofthetruth.TheotherhalfwasthatshehadpaidoneroundofcallsontheCountyinthefirstmonthafterthesurrenderandthesightofoldfriendsandoldplantationshadshakenhercouragemorethanshelikedtoadmit.

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