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Chapter 32

           StrangethatgoingawaywithAshleydidnotseemlikeasin,butwithRhett

           InthedulltwilightofthewinterafternoonshecametotheendofthelongroadwhichhadbegunthenightAtlantafell.Shehadsetherfeetuponthatroadaspoiled,selfishanduntriedgirl,fullofyouth,warmofemotion,easilybewilderedbylife.Now,attheendoftheroad,therewasnothingleftofthatgirl.Hungerandhardlabor,fearandconstantstrain,theterrorsofwarandtheterrorsofReconstructionhadtakenawayallwarmthandyouthandsoftness.Aboutthecoreofherbeing,ashellofhardnesshadformedand,littlebylittle,layerbylayer,theshellhadthickenedduringtheendlessmonths.

           Butuntilthisveryday,twohopeshadbeenlefttosustainher.Shehadhopedthatthewarbeingover,lifewouldgraduallyresumeitsoldface.ShehadhopedthatAshley’sreturnwouldbringbacksomemeaningintolife.Nowbothhopesweregone.ThesightofJonasWilkersoninthefrontwalkofTarahadmadeherrealizethatforher,forthewholeSouth,thewarwouldneverend.Thebitterestfighting,themostbrutalretaliations,werejustbeginning.AndAshleywasimprisonedforeverbywordswhichwerestrongerthananyjail.

           PeacehadfailedherandAshleyhadfailedher,bothinthesameday,anditwasasifthelastcreviceintheshellhadbeensealed,thefinallayerhardened.ShehadbecomewhatGrandmaFontainehadcounseledagainst,awomanwhohadseentheworstandsohadnothingelsetofear.NotlifenorMothernorlossoflovenorpublicopinion.

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