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Chapter 33

           "Soon’sAhkickdisblacktrashoutermahway,"answeredMammyloudly,swingingthecarpetbagatablackbuckwholoiteredtantalizinglyinfrontofherandmakinghimleapaside."Ahdoanlakdisyeretown,MissScarlett.It’stoofullofYankeesan’cheapfreeissue."

           "It’snicerwhereitisn’tsocrowded.WhenwegetacrossFivePoints,itwon’tbesobad."

           TheypickedtheirwayacrosstheslipperysteppingstonesthatbridgedthemudofDecaturStreetandcontinuedupPeachtree,throughathinningcrowd.WhentheyreachedWesleyChapelwhereScarletthadpausedtocatchherbreaththatdayin1864whenshehadrunforDr.Meade,shelookedatitandlaughedaloud,shortlyandgrimly.Mammy’squickoldeyessoughtherswithsuspicionandquestionbuthercuriositywentunsatisfied.Scarlettwasrecallingwithcontempttheterrorwhichhadriddenherthatday.Shehadbeencrawlingwithfear,rottenwithfear,terrifiedbytheYankees,terrifiedbytheapproachingbirthofBeau.Nowshewonderedhowshecouldhavebeensofrightened,frightenedlikeachildataloudnoise.AndwhatachildshehadbeentothinkthatYankeesandfireanddefeatweretheworstthingsthatcouldhappentoher!WhattrivialitiestheywerebesideEllen’sdeathandGerald’svagueness,besidehungerandcoldandback-breakingworkandthelivingnightmareofinsecurity.Howeasyshewouldfinditnowtobebravebeforeaninvadingarmy,buthowhardtofacethedangerthatthreatenedTara!No,shewouldneveragainbeafraidofanythingexceptpoverty.

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