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Chapter 29

           CathleenCalvert,whocameoutofthehouseatthesoundofvoices,metScarlett’seyesaboveherbrother’sheadandinthemScarlettreadknowledgeandbitterdespair.CademightnotknowbutCathleenknew.PineBloomlookedstragglyandovergrownwithweeds,seedlingpineswerebeginningtoshowinthefieldsandthehousewassagginganduntidy.Cathleenwasthinandtaut.

           Thetwoofthem,withtheirYankeestepmother,theirfourlittlehalf-sisters,andHilton,theYankeeoverseer,remainedinthesilent,oddlyechoinghouse.ScarletthadneverlikedHiltonanymorethanshelikedtheirownoverseerJonasWilkerson,andshelikedhimevenlessnow,ashesaunteredforwardandgreetedherlikeanequal.FormerlyhehadthesamecombinationofservilityandimpertinencewhichWilkersonpossessedbutnow,withMr.CalvertandRaiforddeadinthewarandCadesick,hehaddroppedallservility.ThesecondMrs.Calverthadneverknownhowtocompelrespectfromnegroservantsanditwasnottobeexpectedthatshecouldgetitfromawhiteman.

           "Mr.Hiltonhasbeensokindaboutstayingwithusthroughthesedifficulttimes,"saidMrs.Calvertnervously,castingquickglancesathersilentstepdaughter."Verykind.IsupposeyouheardhowhesavedourhousetwicewhenShermanwashere.I’msureIdon’tknowhowwewouldhavemanagedwithouthim,withnomoneyandCade"

           AflushwentoverCade’swhitefaceandCathleen’slonglashesveiledhereyesashermouthhardened.

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