Chapter 21

           AftersendingupMelanie’sbreakfasttray,ScarlettdispatchedPrissyforMrs.MeadeandsatdownwithWadetoeatherownbreakfast.Butforonceshehadnoappetite.BetweenhernervousapprehensionoverthethoughtthatMelanie’stimewasapproachingandherunconsciousstrainingtohearthesoundofthecannon,shecouldhardlyeat.Herheartactedveryqueerly,beatingregularlyforseveralminutesandthenthumpingsoloudlyandswiftlyitalmostmadehersickatherstomach.Theheavyhominystuckinherthroatlikeglueandneverbeforehadthemixtureofparchedcornandground-upyamsthatpassedforcoffeebeensorepulsive.Withoutsugarorcreamitwasbitterasgall,forthesorghumusedfor"longsweetening"didlittletoimprovethetaste.Afteroneswallowshepushedhercupaway.IffornootherreasonshehatedtheYankeesbecausetheykeptherfromhavingrealcoffeewithsugarandthickcreaminit.

           Wadewasquieterthanusualanddidnotsetuphiseverymorningcomplaintagainstthehominythathesodisliked.Heatesilentlythespoonfulsshepushedintohismouthandwashedthemdownwithnoisilygulpedwater.Hissoftbrowneyesfollowedhereverymovement,large,roundasdollars,achildishbewildermentinthemasthoughherownscarce-hiddenfearshadbeencommunicatedtohim.Whenhehadfinishedshesenthimofftothebackyardtoplayandwatchedhimtoddleacrossthestragglinggrasstohisplayhousewithgreatrelief.

           Shearoseandstoodirresolutelyatthefootofthestairs.

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