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Chapter 29

           TheFontaineshadfaredbestofany,thankstoSally’shardride,butitwasflourishingonlybycomparisonwiththedesperatesituationoftheotherneighbors.GrandmaFontainehadnevercompletelyrecoveredfromtheheartattackshehadthedaysheledtheothersinbeatingouttheflamesandsavingthehouse.OldDr.Fontainewasconvalescingslowlyfromanamputatedarm.AlexandTonywereturningawkwardhandstoplowsandhoehandles.TheyleanedoverthefencerailtoshakehandswithScarlettwhenshecalledandtheylaughedatherricketywagon,theirblackeyesbitter,fortheywerelaughingatthemselvesaswellasher.Sheaskedtobuyseedcornfromthemandtheypromiseditandfelltodiscussingfarmproblems.Theyhadtwelvechickens,twocows,fivehogsandthemuletheybroughthomefromthewar.Oneofthehogshadjustdiedandtheywereworriedaboutlosingtheothers.Athearingsuchseriouswordsabouthogsfromtheseex-dandieswhohadnevergivenlifeamoreseriousthoughtthanwhichcravatwasmostfashionable,Scarlettlaughedandthistimeherlaughwasbittertoo.

           TheyhadallmadeherwelcomeatMimosaandhadinsistedongiving,notselling,hertheseedcorn.ThequickFontainetempersflaredwhensheputagreenbackonthetableandtheyflatlyrefusedpayment.ScarletttookthecornandprivatelyslippedadollarbillintoSally’shand.SallylookedlikeadifferentpersonfromthegirlwhohadgreetedhereightmonthsbeforewhenScarlettfirstcamehometoTara.Thenshehadbeenpaleandsadbuttherehadbeenabuoyancyabouther.

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