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Chapter 42

           Hiscommandswouldnothaveworriedheratallandshewouldhavegoneaboutherbusinessinspiteofthem,ifhehadnotputherhorseandbuggyintheliverystableandorderedthattheyshouldnotbesurrenderedtoanyoneexcepthimself.Tomakemattersworse,heandMammyhadpatientlysearchedthehousewhileshewasillandunearthedherhiddenstoreofmoney.AndFrankhaddepositeditinthebankinhisownname,sonowshecouldnotevenhirearig.

           ScarlettragedatbothFrankandMammy,thenwasreducedtobeggingandfinallycriedallonemorninglikeafuriousthwartedchild.Butforallherpainssheheardonly:"There,Sugar!You’rejustasicklittlegirl."And:"MissScarlett,efyoudoanquitcahyin’onso,yougwinesouryo’milkan’debabyhavecolic,shoasgun’siron."

           Inafurioustemper,ScarlettchargedthroughherbackyardtoMelanie’shouseandthereunburdenedherselfatthetopofhervoice,declaringshewouldwalktothemills,shewouldgoaboutAtlantatellingeveryonewhatavarmintshehadmarried,shewouldnotbetreatedlikeanaughtysimple-mindedchild.Shewouldcarryapistolandshootanyonewhothreatenedher.Shehadshotonemanandshewouldlove,yes,lovetoshootanother.Shewould

           Melaniewhofearedtoventureontoherownfrontporchwasappalledbysuchthreats.

           "Oh,youmustnotriskyourself!Ishoulddieifanythinghappenedtoyou!Oh,please"

           "Iwill!Iwill!Iwillwalk"

           Melanielookedatherandsawthatthiswasnotthehysteriaofawomanstillweakfromchildbirth.

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