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Chapter 37

           ButeventhisreliefdidnotfreeScarlettfromthestateofdreadwhichbeganwhenTonycameknockingattheirdoor,adreadwhichwasworsethanthequakingfearofthesiegeshells,worseeventhantheterrorofSherman’smenduringthelastdaysofthewar.ItwasasifTony’sappearancethatwildrainynighthadstrippedmercifulblindersfromhereyesandforcedhertoseethetrueuncertaintyofherlife.

           Lookingaboutherinthatcoldspringof1866,ScarlettrealizedwhatwasfacingherandthewholeSouth.Shemightplanandscheme,shemightworkharderthanherslaveshadeverworked,shemightsucceedinovercomingallofherhardships,shemightthroughdintofdeterminationsolveproblemsforwhichherearlierlifehadprovidednotrainingatall.Butforallherlaborandsacrificeandresourcefulness,hersmallbeginningspurchasedatsogreatacostmightbesnatchedawayfromheratanyminute.Andshouldthishappen,shehadnolegalrights,nolegalredress,exceptthosesamedrumheadcourtsofwhichTonyhadspokensobitterly,thosemilitarycourtswiththeirarbitrarypowers.Onlythenegroeshadrightsorredressthesedays.TheYankeeshadtheSouthprostrateandtheyintendedtokeepitso.TheSouthhadbeentiltedasbyagiantmalicioushand,andthosewhohadonceruledwerenowmorehelplessthantheirformerslaveshadeverbeen.

           GeorgiawasheavilygarrisonedwithtroopsandAtlantahadmorethanitsshare.

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