Chapter 33

           AcoldwindwasblowingstifflyandthescuddingcloudsoverheadwerethedeepgrayofslatewhenScarlettandMammysteppedfromthetraininAtlantathenextafternoon.Thedepothadnotbeenrebuiltsincetheburningofthecityandtheyalightedamidcindersandmudafewyardsabovetheblackenedruinswhichmarkedthesite.Habitstronguponher,ScarlettlookedaboutforUnclePeterandPitty’scarriage,forshehadalwaysbeenmetbythemwhenreturningfromTaratoAtlantaduringthewaryears.Thenshecaughtherselfwithasniffatherownabsent-mindedness.Naturally,Peterwasn’tthereforshehadgivenAuntPittynowarningofhercomingand,moreover,sherememberedthatoneoftheoldlady’slettershaddealttearfullywiththedeathoftheoldnagPeterhad"‘quired"inMacontobringherbacktoAtlantaafterthesurrender.

           Shelookedabouttheruttedandcut-upspacearoundthedepotfortheequipageofsomeoldfriendoracquaintancewhomightdrivethemtoAuntPitty’shousebutsherecognizednoone,blackorwhite.Probablynoneofheroldfriendsownedcarriagesnow,ifwhatPittyhadwrittenthemwastrue.Timesweresoharditwasdifficulttofeedandlodgehumans,muchlessanimals.MostofPitty’sfriends,likeherself,wereafootthesedays.

           Therewereafewwagonsloadingatthefreightcarsandseveralmud-splashedbuggieswithrough-lookingstrangersatthereinsbutonlytwocarriages.Onewasaclosedcarriage,theotheropenandoccupiedbyawell-dressedwomanandaYankeeofficer.

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