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Chapter 38

           Nottrustadarky!Scarletttrustedthemfarmorethanmostwhitepeople,certainlymorethanshetrustedanyYankee.Therewerequalitiesofloyaltyandtirelessnessandloveinthemthatnostraincouldbreak,nomoneycouldbuy.ShethoughtofthefaithfulfewwhoremainedatTarainthefaceoftheYankeeinvasionwhentheycouldhavefledorjoinedthetroopsforlivesofleisure.Buttheyhadstayed.ShethoughtofDilceytoilinginthecottonfieldsbesideher,ofPorkriskinghislifeinneighboringhenhousesthatthefamilymighteat,ofMammycomingtoAtlantawithhertokeepherfromdoingwrong.Shethoughtoftheservantsofherneighborswhohadstoodloyallybesidetheirwhiteowners,protectingtheirmistresseswhilethemenwereatthefront,refugeeingwiththemthroughtheterrorsofthewar,nursingthewounded,buryingthedead,comfortingthebereaved,working,begging,stealingtokeepfoodonthetables.Andevennow,withtheFreedmen’sBureaupromisingallmannerofwonders,theystillstuckwiththeirwhitefolksandworkedmuchharderthantheyeverworkedinslavetimes.ButtheYankeesdidn’tunderstandthesethingsandwouldneverunderstandthem.

           "Yettheysetyoufree,"shesaidaloud.

           "No,Ma’m!Deydin’sotmefree.Ahwouldn’letnosechtrashsotmefree,"saidPeterindignantly."Ahstillb’longsterMissPittyan’w’enAhdiesshegwinelaymeindeHamiltonbuhyin’groun’wharAhb’longs....MahMissgwineterbeinastatew’enAhtellsher‘bouthowyouletdemYankeewomen‘sultme."

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