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Chapter 3

           Ellenhadbeengiventhispreparationformarriagewhichanywell-brought-upyoungladyreceived,andshealsohadMammy,whocouldgalvanizethemostshiftlessnegrointoenergy.Shequicklybroughtorder,dignityandgraceintoGerald’shousehold,andshegaveTaraabeautyithadneverhadbefore.

           Thehousehadbeenbuiltaccordingtonoarchitecturalplanwhatever,withextraroomsaddedwhereandwhenitseemedconvenient,but,withEllen’scareandattention,itgainedacharmthatmadeupforitslackofdesign.Theavenueofcedarsleadingfromthemainroadtothehouse—thatavenueofcedarswithoutwhichnoGeorgiaplanter’shomecouldbecomplete—hadacooldarkshadinessthatgaveabrightertinge,bycontrast,tothegreenoftheothertrees.Thewistariatumblingovertheverandasshowedbrightagainstthewhitewashedbrick,anditjoinedwiththepinkcrepemyrtlebushesbythedoorandthewhite-blossomedmagnoliasintheyardtodisguisesomeoftheawkwardlinesofthehouse.

           Inspringtimeandsummer,theBermudagrassandcloveronthelawnbecameemerald,soenticinganemeraldthatitpresentedanirresistibletemptationtotheflocksofturkeysandwhitegeesethatweresupposedtoroamonlytheregionsintherearofthehouse.Theeldersoftheflockscontinuallyledstealthyadvancesintothefrontyard,luredonbythegreenofthegrassandthelusciouspromiseofthecapejessaminebudsandthezinniabeds.Againsttheirdepredations,asmallblacksentinelwasstationedonthefrontporch.Armedwitharaggedtowel,thelittlenegroboysittingonthestepswaspartofthepictureofTara—andanunhappyone,forhewasforbiddentochunkthefowlsandcouldonlyflapthetowelatthemandshoothem.

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