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Chapter 25

           Sheaskedagainaboutthefields,thegardens,thestock,andhergreeneyeshadahardbrightglazewhichPorkhadneverseeninthembefore.

           "Yas’m,dathawsedaid,lyin’darwharAhtiehimwidhisnoseindewaterbuckethetuhnedover.No’m,decowain’daid.Din’youknow?Shedonehaveacalflas’night.Datwhyshebellerso."

           "AfinemidwifeyourPrissywillmake,"Scarlettremarkedcaustically."Shesaidshewasbellowingbecausesheneededmilking."

           "Well’m,Prissyain’fixin’terbenocowmidwife,MissScarlett,"Porksaidtactfully."An’ain’nousequarrelin’widblessin’s,‘causedatcalfgwinetermeanafullcowan’plen’ybuttermilkferdeyoungMisses,lakdatYankeedoctahsaydey’need."

           "Allright,goon.Anystockleft?"

           "No’m.Nuthin’‘ceptoneolesowan’herlitter.AhdrivdeminterdeswampdedaydeYankeescome,butdeLawdknowshowwegwinegitdem.Shemean,datsow."

           "We’llgetthemallright.YouandPrissycanstartrightnowhuntingforher."

           Porkwasamazedandindignant.

           "MissScarlett,datafe’elhan’sbizness.Ah’sallusbeenahousenigger."

           AsmallfiendwithapairofhottweezerspluckedbehindScarlett’seyeballs.

           "Youtwowillcatchthesoworgetoutofhere,likethefieldhandsdid."

           TearstrembledinPork’shurteyes.Oh,ifonlyMissEllenwashere!Sheunderstoodsuchnicetiesandrealizedthewidegapbetweenthedutiesofafieldhandandthoseofahousenigger.

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