Chapter 57

           Itwasapale,thinwomanthatRhettputontheJonesborotrainamonthlater.WadeandElla,whoweretomakethetripwithher,weresilentanduneasyattheirmother’sstill,whiteface.TheyclungclosetoPrissy,foreventotheirchildishmindstherewassomethingfrighteninginthecold,impersonalatmospherebetweentheirmotherandtheirstepfather.

           Weakasshewas,ScarlettwasgoinghometoTara.ShefeltthatshewouldstifleifshestayedinAtlantaanotherday,withhertiredmindforcingitselfroundandroundthedeeplyworncircleoffutilethoughtsaboutthemessshewasin.Shewassickinbodyandwearyinmindandshewasstandinglikealostchildinanightmarecountryinwhichtherewasnofamiliarlandmarktoguideher.

           AsshehadoncefledAtlantabeforeaninvadingarmy,soshewasfleeingitagain,pressingherworriesintothebackofhermindwithherolddefenseagainsttheworld:"Iwon’tthinkofitnow.Ican’tstanditifIdo.I’llthinkofittomorrowatTara.Tomorrow’sanotherday."Itseemedthatifshecouldonlygetbacktothestillnessandthegreencottonfieldsofhome,allhertroubleswouldfallawayandshewouldsomehowbeabletomoldhershatteredthoughtsintosomethingshecouldliveby.

           Rhettwatchedthetrainuntilitwasoutofsightandonhisfacetherewasalookofspeculativebitternessthatwasnotpleasant.Hesighed,dismissedthecarriageandmountinghishorse,rodedownIvyStreettowardMelanie’shouse.

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