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Chapter 29

           ScarlettknewtheirsoulswerewrithinginhelplessrageatbeingunderobligationstotheirYankeeoverseer.Mrs.Calvertseemedreadytoweep.Shehadsomehowmadeablunder.Shewasalwaysblundering.Shejustcouldn’tunderstandSoutherners,forallthatshehadlivedinGeorgiatwentyyears.Sheneverknewwhatnottosaytoherstepchildrenand,nomatterwhatshesaidordid,theywerealwayssoexquisitelypolitetoher.SilentlyshevowedshewouldgoNorthtoherownpeople,takingherchildrenwithher,andleavethesepuzzlingstiff-neckedstrangers.

           Afterthesevisits,ScarletthadnodesiretoseetheTarletons.Nowthatthefourboysweregone,thehouseburnedandthefamilycrampedintheoverseer’scottage,shecouldnotbringherselftogo.ButSuellenandCarreenbeggedandMelaniesaiditwouldbeunneighborlynottocallandwelcomeMr.Tarletonbackfromthewar,sooneSundaytheywent.

           Thiswastheworstofall.

           Astheydroveupbytheruinsofthehouse,theysawBeatriceTarletondressedinawornridinghabit,acropunderherarm,sittingonthetoprailofthefenceaboutthepaddock,staringmoodilyatnothing.Besideherperchedthebow-leggedlittlenegrowhohadtrainedherhorsesandhelookedasglumashismistress.Thepaddock,oncefulloffrolickingcoltsandplacidbroodmares,wasemptynowexceptforonemule,themuleMr.Tarletonhadriddenhomefromthesurrender.

           "IswearIdon’tknowwhattodowithmyselfnowthatmydarlingsaregone,"saidMrs.Tarleton,climbingdownfromthefence.

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