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Chapter 4

           "Mammygettingole,"saidDilcey,withacalmnessthatwouldhaveenragedMammy."Sheagoodmammy,butyouayoungladynowandneedsagoodmaid,andmyPrissybeenmaidin’fo’MissIndiafo’ayearnow.Shekinsewandfixhairgoodasagrownpusson."

           Proddedbyhermother,PrissybobbedasuddencurtsyandgrinnedatScarlett,whocouldnothelpgrinningback.

           "Asharplittlewench,"shethought,andsaidaloud:"Thankyou,Dilcey,we’llseeaboutitwhenMothercomeshome."

           "Thankee,Ma’m.Igivesyouagoodnight,"saidDilceyand,turning,lefttheroomwithherchild,Porkdancingattendance.Thesupperthingsclearedaway,Geraldresumedhisoration,butwithlittlesatisfactiontohimselfandnoneatalltohisaudience.HisthunderouspredictionsofimmediatewarandhisrhetoricalquestionsastowhethertheSouthwouldstandforfurtherinsultsfromtheYankeesonlyproducedfaintlybored,"Yes,Papas"and"No,Pas."Carreen,sittingonahassockunderthebiglamp,wasdeepintheromanceofagirlwhohadtakentheveilafterherlover’sdeathand,withsilenttearsofenjoymentoozingfromhereyes,waspleasurablypicturingherselfinawhitecoif.Suellen,embroideringonwhatshegigglinglycalledher"hopechest,"waswonderingifshecouldpossiblydetachStuartTarletonfromhersister’ssideatthebarbecuetomorrowandfascinatehimwiththesweetwomanlyqualitieswhichshepossessedandScarlettdidnot.AndScarlettwasinatumultaboutAshley.

           HowcouldPatalkonandonaboutFortSumterandtheYankeeswhenheknewherheartwasbreaking?Asusualintheveryyoung,shemarveledthatpeoplecouldbesoselfishlyoblivioustoherpainandtheworldrockalongjustthesame,inspiteofherheartbreak.

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