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Chapter 29

           Andtherewereseverallinescarvedoneachofthestones.Themorecarving,themoremoney.Thewholefamilymustbecrazy!Andithadcostmoney,too,tobringthethreeboys’bodieshome.TheyhadneverfoundBoydoranytraceofhim.

           BetweenthegravesofBrentandStuartwasastonewhichread:"Theywerelovelyandpleasantintheirlives,andintheirdeaththeywerenotdivided."

           OntheotherstonewerethenamesofBoydandTomwithsomethinginLatinwhichbegan"Dulceet"butitmeantnothingtoScarlettwhohadmanagedtoevadeLatinattheFayettevilleAcademy.

           Allthatmoneyfortombstones!Why,theywerefools!Shefeltasindignantasifherownmoneyhadbeensquandered.

           Carreen’seyeswereshiningoddly.

           "Ithinkit’slovely,"shewhisperedpointingtothefirststone.

           Carreenwouldthinkitlovely.Anythingsentimentalstirredher.

           "Yes,"saidMrs.Tarletonandhervoicewassoft,"wethoughtitveryfittingtheydiedalmostatthesametime.StuartfirstandthenBrentwhocaughtuptheflaghedropped."

           AsthegirlsdrovebacktoTara,Scarlettwassilentforawhile,thinkingofwhatshehadseeninthevarioushomes,rememberingagainstherwilltheCountyinitsglory,withvisitorsatallthebighousesandmoneyplentiful,negroescrowdingthequartersandthewell-tendedfieldsgloriouswithcotton.

           "Inanotheryear,there’llbelittlepinesalloverthesefields,"shethoughtandlookingtowardtheencirclingforestsheshuddered.

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