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Chapter 33

           You’llgrowbackjustasbigandsassyasyouusedtobe!"

           AsshewalkedalongPeachtree,followedbythewaddlingMammy,shefoundthesidewalksjustascrowdedastheywereattheheightofthewarandtherewasthesameairofrushandbustleabouttheresurrectingtownwhichhadmadeherbloodsingwhenshecamehere,solongago,onherfirstvisittoAuntPitty.Thereseemedtobejustasmanyvehicleswallowinginthemudholesastherehadbeenthen,exceptthattherewerenoConfederateambulances,andjustasmanyhorsesandmulestetheredtohitchingracksinfrontofthewoodenawningsofthestores.Thoughthesidewalkswerejammed,thefacesshesawwereasunfamiliarasthesignsoverhead,newpeople,manyrough-lookingmenandtawdrilydressedwomen.Thestreetswereblackwithloafingnegroeswholeanedagainstwallsorsatonthecurbingwatchingvehiclesgopastwiththenaivecuriosityofchildrenatacircusparade.

           "Freeissuecountryniggers,"snortedMammy."Ain’neverseedapropercah’igeinderelives.An’impidentlookin’,too."

           Theywereimpudentlooking,Scarlettagreed,fortheystaredatherinaninsolentmanner,butsheforgotthemintherenewedshockofseeingblueuniforms.ThetownwasfullofYankeesoldiers,onhorses,afoot,inarmywagons,loafingonthestreet,reelingoutofbarrooms.

           I’llnevergetusedtothem,shethought,clenchingherfists.Never!andoverhershoulder:"Hurry,Mammy,let’sgetoutofthiscrowd."

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