Унесенные ветром

Chapter 20

           Autumnwithitsdusty,breathlessheatwasslippingintochokethesuddenlyquiettown,addingitsdry,pantingweighttotired,anxioushearts.ToScarlett,madtohearfromTara,yettryingtokeepupabraveface,itseemedaneternitysincethesiegebegan,seemedasthoughshehadalwayslivedwiththesoundofcannoninherearsuntilthissinisterquiethadfallen.Andyet,itwasonlythirtydayssincethesiegebegan.Thirtydaysofsiege!Thecityringedwithred-clayriflepits,themonotonousboomingofcannonthatneverrested,thelonglinesofambulancesandoxcartsdrippingblooddownthedustystreetstowardthehospitals,theoverworkedburialsquadsdraggingoutmenwhentheywerehardlycoldanddumpingthemlikesomanylogsinendlessrowsofshallowditches.Onlythirtydays!

           AnditwasonlyfourmonthssincetheYankeesmovedsouthfromDalton!Onlyfourmonths!Scarlettthought,lookingbackonthatfarday,thatithadoccurredinanotherlife.Oh,no!Surelynotjustfourmonths.Ithadbeenalifetime.

           Fourmonthsago!Why,fourmonthsagoDalton,Resaca,KennesawMountainhadbeentoheronlynamesofplacesontherailroad.Nowtheywerebattles,battlesdesperately,vainlyfoughtasJohnstonfellbacktowardAtlanta.Andnow,PeachtreeCreek,Decatur,EzraChurchandUtoyCreekwerenolongerpleasantnamesofpleasantplaces.Neveragaincouldshethinkofthemasquietvillagesfullofwelcomingfriends,asgreenplaceswhereshepicnickedwithhandsomeofficersonthesoftbanksofslow-movingstreams.

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