Chapter 37

           ItwasonawildwetnightinAprilthatTonyFontainerodeinfromJonesboroonalatheredhorsethatwashalfdeadfromexhaustionandcameknockingattheirdoor,rousingherandFrankfromsleepwiththeirheartsintheirthroats.Thenforthesecondtimeinfourmonths,ScarlettwasmadetofeelacutelywhatReconstructioninallitsimplicationsmeant,madetounderstandmorecompletelywhatwasinWill’smindwhenhesaid"Ourtroubleshavejustbegun,"toknowthatthebleakwordsofAshley,spokeninthewind-sweptorchardofTara,weretrue:"Thisthat’sfacingallofusisworsethanwarworsethanprisonworsethandeath."

           ThefirsttimeshehadcomefacetofacewithReconstructionwaswhenshelearnedthatJonasWilkersonwiththeaidoftheYankeescouldevictherfromTara.ButTony’sadventbroughtitallhometoherinafarmoreterrifyingmanner.Tonycameinthedarkandthelashingrainandinafewminuteshewasgonebackintothenightforever,butinthebriefintervalbetweenheraisedthecurtainonasceneofnewhorror,acurtainthatshefelthopelesslywouldneverbeloweredagain.

           Thatstormynightwhentheknockerhammeredonthedoorwithsuchhurriedurgency,shestoodonthelanding,clutchingherwrappertoherand,lookingdownintothehallbelow,hadoneglimpseofTony’sswarthysaturninefacebeforeheleanedforwardandblewoutthecandleinFrank’shand.

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