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Chapter 36

           Iknewthemoneywasprettysafe,forifworstcametoworst,iftheyhadlocateditandtriedtotakeitawayfromme,IwouldhavenamedeveryYankeepatriotwhosoldmebulletsandmachineryduringthewar.Thentherewouldhavebeenastink,forsomeofthemarehighupinWashingtonnow.Infact,itwasmythreattounbosommyconscienceaboutthemthatgotmeoutofjail.I—"

           "DoyoumeanyouyouactuallyhavetheConfederategold?"

           "Notallofit.GoodHeavens,no!Theremustbefiftyormoreex-blockaderswhohaveplentysaltedawayinNassauandEnglandandCanada.WewillbeprettyunpopularwiththeConfederateswhoweren’tasslickaswewere.Ihavegotclosetohalfamillion.Justthink,Scarlett,ahalf-milliondollars,ifyou’donlyrestrainedyourfierynatureandnotrushedintowedlockagain!"

           Ahalf-milliondollars.Shefeltapangofalmostphysicalsicknessatthethoughtofsomuchmoney.Hisjeeringwordspassedoverherheadandshedidnotevenhearthem.Itwashardtobelievetherewassomuchmoneyinallthisbitterandpoverty-strickenworld.Somuchmoney,soverymuchmoney,andsomeoneelsehadit,someonewhotookitlightlyanddidn’tneedit.Andshehadonlyasickelderlyhusbandandthisdirty,piddling,littlestorebetweenherandahostileworld.Itwasn’tfairthatareprobatelikeRhettButlershouldhavesomuchandshe,whocarriedsoheavyaload,shouldhavesolittle.Shehatedhim,sittingthereinhisdandifiedattire,tauntingher.

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