Унесенные ветром

Chapter 40

           Porkhaddugthegravethenightbefore,closebyEllen’sgrave,andhestood,spadeinhand,behindthemoistredclayhewassoontoshovelbackinplace.Scarlettstoodbehindhiminthepatchyshadeofagnarledlow-limbedcedar,thehotsunoftheJunemorningdapplingher,andtriedtokeephereyesawayfromtheredtrenchinfrontofher.JimTarleton,littleHughMunroe,AlexFontaineandoldmanMcRae’syoungestgrandsoncameslowlyandawkwardlydownthepathfromthehousebearingGerald’scoffinontwolengthsofsplitoak.Behindthem,atarespectfuldistance,followedalargestragglingcrowdofneighborsandfriends,shabbilydressed,silent.Astheycamedownthesunnypaththroughthegarden,Porkbowedhisheaduponthetopofthespadehandleandcried;andScarlettsawwithincurioussurprisethatthekinksonhishead,sojettilyblackwhenshewenttoAtlantaafewmonthsbefore,werenowgrizzled.

           ShethankedGodtiredlythatshehadcriedallhertearsthenightbefore,sonowshecouldstanderectanddryeyed.ThesoundofSuellen’stears,justbackofhershoulder,irritatedherunbearablyandshehadtoclenchherfiststokeepfromturningandslappingtheswollenface.Suehadbeenthecauseofherfather’sdeath,whethersheintendeditornot,andsheshouldhavethedecencytocontrolherselfinfrontofthehostileneighbors.Notasinglepersonhadspokentoherthatmorningorgivenheronelookofsympathy.

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