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Chapter 25

           Hereandthereintheroadandfieldslaybucklesandbitsofharnessleather,canteensflattenedbyhoovesandcaissonwheels,buttons,bluecaps,wornsocks,bitsofbloodyrags,allthelitterleftbythemarchingarmy.

           Shepassedtheclumpofcedarsandthelowbrickwallwhichmarkedthefamilyburyingground,tryingnottothinkofthenewgravelyingbythethreeshortmoundsofherlittlebrothers.Oh,EllenShetrudgedondownthedustyhill,passingtheheapofashesandthestumpychimneywheretheSlatteryhousehadstood,andshewishedsavagelythatthewholetribeofthemhadbeenpartoftheashes.Ifithadn’tbeenfortheSlatterysifithadn’tbeenforthatnastyEmmiewho’dhadabastardbratbytheiroverseerEllenwouldn’thavedied.

           Shemoanedasasharppebblecutintoherblisteredfoot.Whatwasshedoinghere?WhywasScarlettO’Hara,thebelleoftheCounty,theshelteredprideofTara,trampingdownthisroughroadalmostbarefoot?Herlittlefeetweremadetodance,nottolimp,hertinyslipperstopeepdaringlyfromunderbrightsilks,nottocollectsharppebblesanddust.Shewasborntobepamperedandwaitedupon,andhereshewas,sickandragged,drivenbyhungertohuntforfoodinthegardensofherneighbors.

           Atthebottomofthelonghillwastheriverandhowcoolandstillwerethetangledtreesoverhangingthewater!Shesankdownonthelowbank,andstrippingofftheremnantsofherslippersandstockings,dabbledherburningfeetinthecoolwater.

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