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Chapter 33

           Scarlettdrewinherbreathsharplyatthesightoftheuniform.AlthoughPittyhadwrittenthatAtlantawasgarrisonedandthestreetsfullofsoldiers,thefirstsightofthebluecoatstartledandfrightenedher.Itwashardtorememberthatthewarwasoverandthatthismanwouldnotpursueher,robherandinsulther.

           Thecomparativeemptinessaroundthetraintookhermindbacktothatmorningin1862whenshehadcometoAtlantaasayoungwidow,swathedincrepeandwildwithboredom.Sherecalledhowcrowdedthisspacehadbeenwithwagonsandcarriagesandambulancesandhownoisywithdriversswearingandyellingandpeoplecallinggreetingstofriends.Shesighedforthelight-heartedexcitementofthewardaysandsighedagainatthethoughtofwalkingallthewaytoAuntPitty’shouse.ButshewashopefulthatonceonPeachtreeStreet,shemightmeetsomeonesheknewwhowouldgivethemaride.

           Asshestoodlookingaboutherasaddle-colorednegroofmiddleagedrovetheclosedcarriagetowardherand,leaningfromthebox,questioned:"Cah’ige,lady?Twobitsferanywharin‘Lanta."

           Mammythrewhimanannihilatingglance.

           "Ahiredhack!"sherumbled."Nigger,doesyouknowwhoweis?"

           Mammywasacountrynegrobutshehadnotalwaysbeenacountrynegroandsheknewthatnochastewomaneverrodeinahiredconveyanceespeciallyaclosedcarriagewithouttheescortofsomemalememberofherfamily.Eventhepresenceofanegromaidwouldnotsatisfytheconventions.

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