Margaret Mitchell (1900 - 1949) Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta, the daugther of an who was president a the Atlanta Historical soci the family were interested in American history. ai » in an atmosphere of | the Civil War, She worked for a time Atlantic ou In 1925 she married Jobn ae fol e ing ten years she put on paper all had heard about the Civil War. The resul Gone With the Wind, first published im 1936. won the Pulitzar Prize, sold over ten million oo- pics. «Gone with the Wind» was translated into teen languages and was later made a highly cessful film. This book was her only publi work, ‘She died in 1949 in a terrible car accident. 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An old / shouts: DRY Sk a tele ot tell a en ly al Sas Mead Rae SL oll tell pate sla js Ae cl pt lel US 595) iplndy om Lab Sos eal neentley AULT ls ciyeid ey hte pe Lgl SN Lad Rae ad GUE ple Bytes UM oA Se So gall oslilly a al sel epee Laan Ge fe Sl ee ty hes UU per ple t E Wt le ga Laut SE en cee fea gm Mah et ae tel Ol ols at yell gh ar Y eee pale tana Role ae tee whisky pleer lyr a5) seed gd GV sme WUT Sct ull tel EMIS ae «it’s going hungry, and getting the measles and _ Mall ob pois thas ody Eye ol alt PHeumonia from sleeping in the wet». «You all don't know what war is, You thir is riding a pretty horse and having the girls flowers at you and coming home a hero, ain't, No, sire. a 8Qn another occasion, one of the main chai complains privately: «What are you fighting for? Not for honour glory, certainly, War is a dirty business and Id like dirt. | am not a soldier and T have no desire. seek the bubble reputation even in the cannon’s mouth. Most of the misery of the world has been caused by wars, And when the wars were over one ever knew what. they were all about, In translating this novel to the Arabic reader, are introducing him an immortal masterpiece world literature. Some of the long details shortened to keep the reader excited and inte and to protect him from getting bored. That done without any trial to affect the basic struc! of the novel and the succession of its event: Furthermore, we tried our best to display authoress’ creative powers in portri the int qualities of her characters and their feelings an wishes, psycho logical conflicts and contradictions. Fatima A’ 4 ply sf cat ol ted Uy gb IU Ay Siete Ley seelty Gh tMh feel gp eed Sl nedikl et hide ed a yall os] ly lb ae a pnll Of ole cells olen) plans OP (pall Sage etl oe Sond Sa Mccall ha ppt Latte yell ge ga i pla gd eT ae Bt olay ol Baty sete ee A ge et neal A gl la pa BL cee ge agenda pas placely Lad a al sh otigg oe Tulle gerd Gee I ae ale Ble cee aes Tip he gh eae Ob oye ce nasil At oll fll oe Baal gb peed ST 3 spay shgflaed Jolass ds dl eke A TAD gh a le ppt gb Alp al tee olga tall osha EE hel ny Shy oles oo telat aye UG 40 cChapter 1 Scarlett O"Hara was not beautiful, but m dom realized it when caught by her charm as ‘Tarleton twins were. In her face were too shi blended the delicate features of her mother. aristocrat of French descent, and the heavy on her florid [rish father. But it was an arvesting & pointed of chin, square of jaw. Her eyes green, starred with bristly black lashes and sl tilted at the ends. Above them, her thick brows slanted upward, in her magnolia-white Seated with Stuart and Brent Tarleton in cool shade of the porch of Tara, her father’s tation, that bright April afternoon of 1861, § made a pretty picture. Her new green flow ‘muslin dress set off to perfection the smallest in three counties, and exactly matched her heeled. green slippers. The green eyes im the ca ly sweet face were turbulent, wilful, and lusty with life. . 13 Jil Sues Wysd AN Sle MN Shy Dee [lagl o1 ite Se el sce pel als tl Lp ol cI cael ells sla SEL NE lead cue Ugatay gall aN eel Lepr ah antl coe Lgl 2h aa pally epee Sl eet ile py OIF Cy. kW aepll igd pl oY lap eee cual Male COIS y LUN at oH! ylages ULES Url laigly lagil bl sta lh che Gis Feel Lact Agen Gh Taya Gy see VATE GLA pul ge ell pt lb fel hy ag Be a pI Sly Sl oo WS type Uae CAS, Cy pd all ceed Upal Bt wi IS Jug tnd pAb cole Nest cote eo Loess Leese Galt ale is ys cotta colada BAS fast ASI lal tS) Mees Glasl gs pal be ee BP Rll cent ce scents pclae aytell 12‘On either side of her, the twins lounged their chairs laughed and talked. Nineteen ye old, six fect two inches tall, long of bone and of muscles, with sunburned faces, clothed in id cel blue coats, they were as much alike as balls of cotton. ‘The three have spent all their lives in the ap and troubled their heads very little with the things in books. But here, in north Georgia, a lack of the of classical education carried no shame, pt man was smart in the things that mattered. raising good cotton, riding well, shooting st dancing lightly, squiring the ladies with clegan and carrying one’s liquor like a gentleman were the things that mattered. In these accomplishments the twins excelled, at they were equally outstanding in their notorious i ability to learn anything contained between covers of books. Their family had more money, more horses, more slaves than anyone else in the County, but the boys had less grammar than most ‘of their poor Cracker neighbours. 45 Lamy stole: Leben eS he bel pa akat Gayl lls sae ot Ete deeb LS OS Ry Bt gy gees pliil ee play aL fap ES Gu en ee SN, soll oe ye SE el es ale Uy or Nye pls GUA ela od pate SIE ye pal iy weet go ELM ALENL Dale YY] petal BE yay! AE Sy TIAN help Uke Sly BH ppl ge Gl J gl tee HAL ee ae a lab os al be as PA Sy gb le Dy laill yj ddl ys tegatl eel: i pai hy a el ah oly Sth ot gh tell a Sy cae sl OLLI GUE LAN ade hy eM ley at lala cae eget al pat ge Lie te Sl aceally Upetlly Sled Se ler cull Lagaltle of ot OB py US TY] UL cl ttle 4) SLs opel ot ht al dm bee il pull sel | 14They had just been expelled from the University of Georgia, the fourth university that had thro: wo them out in two years, and their older brothe: Tom and Boyd, had come home with them. $ and Brent considered their latest expulsion a fine joke, and Scarlett, who had not willingly opened a book since leaving the Fayetteville Female Acad- my the year before, thought it just as amusing as they did. ’ «I know you two don’t care about being ex- pelled, or Tom either,» she said. «But what al Boyd? He's kind of set on getting an educations, «He can read law in Judge Parmalee's office in Fayetteville,» answered Brent carelessly, sides, it doesn't matter much. We'd have had to come home before the term was out anywayo. «Whyn? «The war, goose! The war is going to start any days. «You know there isn’t going to be any ware said Scarlett bored, «It is all just talk, Ashi Wilkes and his father told pa just last week that ‘our commissioners in Washington would come to- an-amicable agreement with Mr. Lincoln about the Confederacy. And anyway, the Yankees are ton scared of us to fight». ; 7 Haale ply pty Slezape Leele oo Leah lob a Lis DLS Leal pal Lega lee By. cake Jie a gli Lage gilt BS oN Late Sahay lp tel iy dese Rebalsh elng Ms pert ch a cc ie cet aiy Vda ge call gf Su bab Epil os 7 al be Sly Lad pyr Vy clas ot e8r YE lel ail chnmady cole dads ple as 6) Hy SLY, GL gels oP SA ad aie OT ange ee Sy le hel a MeN ft Jatt Mele pall Cas al Ble Stl a op al ke Ot a le Bee Ule Al le peal till My tp ge gl Bate ell Nal Leal vet gealld a hal led lege cell ye ee dy si wi sally pShLy pel uu aa PAS apne ls Mg Ai iphe ye hy id esate UL pal EO SE dey Ral Uys dpe SI Al ee goy Gt Dale Vy pth ae hi eps byes OE alle ALR. de 16«Why, honey, of course there's going to be war,» said Stuart. «The Yankees may be scared | us, but after they were shelled out of Fort Sunt day before yesterday, they'll have to fight or branded as cowards before the whole worlds, aif you say, «ware just once more, I'll go in house and shut the door. She meant what she said, for she could long endure any conversation of which she was the chief subject. They thought none - the - les her for her lack of interest. Indeed, they tho more. War was men’s business, not ladies, an they took her attitude as evidence of her femini ity. «What did your mother say about you two being expelled again?» «Well» said Stuart, «she hasn't had a chance say anything yet. Tom and we left home carly. morning before she got up. We were in luck as night. Ma was in the stable with a horse. When she saw us she said: «What are you four doing home again? Get out of herel» 19 iy cei Sell ol re UY ules Oy Rae gh Nyaed OF tay Shy ole alte a ILE 9 pS plat Seed Wey Vy aby ot pele OM ad eet tls lll Gly Je eal ssl ie top US oh Phy ULL pela Yet wp Le gt JS sly caged tet en ch gt SEY conte gl heal Jett slo lg gh eugene Mgelacal pase ee Le ld dicted Shel fae cep bagenel gd Yl oo gs Mel ude elo gee ns lacal pe oe O'S bay Tepe gpa tole po LaSia ge OLty LaSially alld bey age igh ph ON angi ged GBF gl seca yee ste OF Le SU clonal i pi ed tall ake A Te tally Cos as SLL Redd Lae a) Bigs ple GL eG pe tly ol ey Wey te LE When go ye Ls bday dpell gM pal«Can't you see he's nervous, the big darling. I'll tend to you four in the morning. So we went to bed, and this morning we got away before she “Gould catch us and left Boyd to handle her, «Will your mother ride the new horse to t Wilkes barbecue tomorrow?» «She wants to, but Pa says he's too dangerousn. al hope it docsn't rain tomorrow,» said Scarlett, «lt will be clear tomorrow,» said Stuart. They looked out across the endless acres of Ger- ald O'Hara's newly ploughed cotton fields ior the red horizon. Spring had come early that with warm quick rains, Tt was, a savagely red land, blood-coloured after rains, the best cotton land in the world. To the ears of the three on the porch came the sounds of hooves, the jingling of harness chains and the shrill careless laughter of negro voices, as. the field hands and mules came in from the fields. From within the house floated the soft voice of Searlett’s mother, Ellen O"Hara, as she called to the little black girl, Ellen would ration out the food to the home-coming hands. 2 Lae ps ge hts pypell glam yee a2 ot Le ge cha Mange Lal Gl Lad EiSag, thle Bp dl gtd tex WSipy bands leis thie gl tpl Gla SF Sl Lally gt pal flab SM y Ue pak ol oly Flee ed Lael bf Uys sally Sy weld ag Lal wine olen ja Vol pin cit ely Hae he yell Ogee Heyes ately Mpls cual eee wpa Th SAN pnt ut Lely Myhaagh jae UpSng ally Toe pay all gel pa oye Regt a Mad acs Soke Ih Le ee ele aid Ue) peal dae pl gh GE dele eam 24) as = gplill BLD ple gi oat pul pha Spee fill pL pM SLA) eal Gy AS ad i egtiey Apa oASnay coy AB Maly «il pall eel eal pets ey Utell ee ya DLE lea wet Me lll Sa SII ly Sie spall Sa GMA etme Be ell TI pha Sip oh gas ype ge cal 20«Look, Scurlett. About tomorrow, said Brent. «We should get plenty of dances tomorraw night. You haven't promised them all, have you?s. «IF you'll promise, we'll tell you a secret, said Stuart. «What?» cried Scarlett. «Miss Pitty, Charles and Melanie Hamilton aunt, who lives in Atlanta told us there was goin to be an engagement announced tomorrow aight the Wilkes ball», «Oh, 1 know about that.» said Scarlett in di pointment «That silly nephew of hers Charlie Ha milton, and Honey Wilkes». alt is not this engagement that's going to be : nounced,» said Stuart, at's Ashley's to Charlie’ sister, Miss. Melanie!n, 5 Scarlett’s face did not change but her lips white like a person who has received a stunning blowowithout warning and who, in the first moe ments of shock, does not realize what has hap- pened. 4Now, Scarlett, we've told you the secret, so you have gol lo promise to eat supper with us», 23 ee oP genet OD ay eR be pelt ey ly ge Uyak key ab eV ol et a Peed fa ela Hae OL chp gt tal bites GP tye iy Eye lt CIE eal ght gly sages giles Dake dee ey aol al apa eee ares Leal ASU UT Ope ae le pl adage pebel ol vat aiths stateltee lela ai pm AL Selah: oles Mggelgil aslat ub apg gla 138s ethyl Rjglasee gil Regal whe cd ye] UP AM yl thi 6 Sh ll ak og aks ley West Bs eI aes mae os Se gill te edt gt ly cyl Ge ya He Ge Kept OL cory all i IS, SO wen etal Syl 22#OF course 1 will» Scarlett said automatically, «And all the waltzes?» aAlbs, «You are sweet! I'll bet the other boys will hopping made. «Look Scarlett. Sit with us at the barbecue in the morning» said Brent, 7 «Of courses, The twins looked at cach other jubilantly b with some surprise, kens of this favour so easily, That was worth ting expelied from the university, Afler an interval, Joems, who was their body ser- vant and had been their childhood Playmate, black boy of their own age, came toward them. The boys bowed, shook hands with Scarlett and fold her they'd be over at the ‘Wilkes's, early in the: morning, waiting for her. 26 cof St LASS cel ple cht ef Ul clad) agar st Algae? eet oe oe oun ol cal Hensel ull Wi cE We pe ty lly as é Gel pA) thin chal A gpek War PY ey ep a AW al see feb patil Legend Olay Leg oe pb sh ghd She Jo a Sn i yg cae Belly aye. ae oa chetbenll ye Lease cata ren MRA eS ee at agente pt a peer gba fie gh UM ash orld aes lagi gle Gets pain! y Sal pielp ect Se Leary GLEN coly peal oc acionn ee a4Qn the way Stuart halted and Brent said, “ looked to me like she was mighty glad to see u when we came, and then, about a half-hour a she got kind of quiet, like she had a headache», «| noticed that. What do you suppose ailed her's We somethi «1 can't think of at. lett gots mad, everybody ki ae i dunno, Do you suppo: that made her mad?» herself in like some girls dow. Brent turned in the saddle and called to the gro groom, «Jeems! You heard what we were ing to Miss Scarlett about?» «Miss» Brent! Huccome you think Ah be ‘on white Folks? ; «You darkies know everything that goes on. 1 Saw you squat in the cape jessamine bush by the” wally, 27 tel fy ey J alge HS Sahl ha haa dhe og Sy ot Spl Weld Lectin, ae aye pee cols plane bel ao Lullsy slip Gale cel ele ehh Newel gall Lab AU cle Yale sige JG Es U8 tal hs SV tel peat ipo th YY ee ss kel ve Oak LS Ee gaa ged UL pel ples SLI i seslgill ope Maa ae Vo All a Sle Me Pe Shp 22: eager WAS i aul aly aa yl ge gee GJS OAT gpg ale date ob cl pp me Lad BN pol 26Ab din’ notice y'all say anything ter meks her mad. Look to me lak she sho glad ter see an'sho had missed you, an’she cheep along hi asa bird, tell "bout de time y'all got ter ta! ‘bout Mist’ Ashley an*Miss Melly Hamilton mah’ied. Den she quiet down lak a bird we'en haw fly overs. The twins looked at each other and nodded, but without comprehension. aJeems is tight. But I don't see whys, s: Stuart, «My Lord! Ashely don’t mean anything: her, except a friend. She's not crazy about him. Then they rode along with embarrassment. Until” the previous summer, Stuart had courted India Wilkes with the approbation of both familics and the entire County. But Brent could not fall in lo with her himself to keep Stuart company. That was” the first time the twins’ interests had ever diverged. 2 te gl Gh aby pal ee ees asc eel a wuts salad Hae cas Gay a A a et ply peal Gg cg Chea) Lope) by deb Ly tee ald hy Gp py Lie sal dy yee os hg GT Osa oe Lees Vag hell OUT Ub a Ny yee ple peter ype Uy Need ete SLE ee a let Ob nll Pt ag Set coed anal ge late OS hy ie J eee Let ot ARGS, Sal aio Sly LTT Ga oY Gaile pe Lad pe yee ob phe pl et af YL ale lems ppt al Gal pepe Oly lp oles ob allay obi pthThen, last summer, they both suddenly aware of Scarlett O'Hara. Since childhood, sh been a favourite playmate, for she could ft horses and climb trees almost aswell as they now, to their amazement, she had becom grown-up young lady and quite the most cha one in all the world. Scarlett was constitutionally unable to er any man being in love with any woman not he self, Now they were both in love with her, Just wh the loser would do, should Scarlett accept one of them, the twins did not ask for they. Jealousies between them. Tt was a situation which annoyed their moth who had no liking fer Scarlett. India was t much of a lady. But she was always the same, side Scarlett's bright and changeable charm. always knew where you stood with India and yo never had the slightest nation with Scarlett. Thi ‘was enough to drive a man to distraction, but i had its charm. «Look, Brent! Let's ride across the swamp t Able Wyadr's place and tell him we're all fr home again and ready for the drill». Ea cll cb tSie gah Ge ple ceded de caley 8) po gd Ayilel gh) ee heal pais, cas adi Ragliall Vegetal Oly Lape peti glity jell i Beh feel Leki fe ai Aaa Ls Hh lalate «pal cere gt fen ON cb pela eM tt see gp Slie 1S Ue BU fale BL Sy ow OFT La Shell ae eee ol roe yell GT Ue) Lede! gh de Gt bated Ad OS pd Som tell AaB csi ad gel ah eh eal La th ay Yi tasty tps le Late cats Ugly ais ma ap als y Pols JR a tally Mallee cH AS pee Syl 4 pA fos, sll gor tty xd Bey Ss Gp opel ob Lite aus Sts) ned AK pe ple RAS ge Lt ly opel ge ey Pes oct elt de cat Pp pay NN oad ab hey ely Me gece? tly dpe i) take ab NI Gal op ay ey Retell GyeThe troop of cavalry had been organized th months before and the officers were elected by members. No one in the County had had any mil tary experience except a few veterans of the M can and Seminole wars. Everyone liked the fou Tarleton boys and the three Fotianes, but rez fully refused to elect them, because the Tarleton got lickered up too quickly, and the Fontaines hi such quick, murderous tempers. Ashicy Wilkes elected captain, because he was the best rider the County and because his cool head was on to keep some semblance of order. Moreor Able was the best shot in the Troop, a real sha shooter who could pick out the eye of a squirrel seventy-five yards. The troop liked him, and m: him an officer. At the beginning, the Troop had been recruited exclusively fram the sons of planters, each o supplying his own horse, arms, equipment unift and body-servant. But rich planters were few itv th county and few small farmers owned horses. o large planters contributed money to complete outfit the Troop horse and man. The Troop met twice a week in Jonesboro ta drill and to pray for the war to begin. Young men were so anxious to fight the Yankees, x syed Joely jeg Ge dee JSF ad ols all yee Olt See te Al QW eas Ab Gael yy gh Sal ype gd ALE Gather alle otal, Gp UT a, bb at IF oy Uy oY eRe ad, pel YP a ged TL ae IY tlie: cig ed jag Lee Le aly Oy le wr ol peet ols Lake Sky gh cel ly ply ap PUNT dete gle Uyald SUNT Jugle GUE Vy cdnbliall yi Teiphm aly Ot toyed cat atl ply el raf OLS tol dpepdl UI) Fagh MO day ole ln oe he] le Tob Aad ect le gle Lee a yo gall lad Ld op Oy a ed Gh tell Sy dee ge el eel be dey ale JS pats ol le UpllS olga Spee tpt Sly pdb y lily alee s nel, Sled Aes eee pall coe aS LS) abil 3 J salads slenly LIL toell opel lay MEY py They pe ee de ee ell ot well isla gece spl LAN Oy yall pail 32When the twins left, Scarlett went back to h chair like a sleepwalker. She sat down wearily, tucking one foot under her, and her heart up with misery, untill it felt too large for her som, There were pain and bewilderment in her face. Ashley to marry Melanie Hamilton! Ob, it couldn't be true! The twins were mistal Ashley couldn't be in love with her, No, Ashle couldn't be in love with Melanie, because-oh, couldn't be mistaken!- becuse he was in love her! Scarlett heard Mammy’s lumbering tread shake ing the floor, Mammy felt that she owned 1 Q’Haras, body and soul, that their secrets were h secrets, She was shining black, pure African, yoted to her last drop of blood to the O' Hari Mammy was black, but her code of conduct ai her sense of pride were as high as or as higher than those of her owners, als de gempmum gone? Huccome you din’ast” dem ter stay fer supper, Miss Searlett? Whar's yor” manners?» deni je Ld ied Soe seatbelt sald eae Wid gers al ect aly dike Coke iy etl ya pee ly Qa colby OY oe pac Gly sadclt ll (bis cols pe ey OT eT ey laws Ae Hal tary Higa ie dae QL Oy ty YN pT a OSs OF a Yell pT og Ob Tad pina ge Gel BL Leal, eal ell bop Me hl OY take os ob se Ve wd gt Cea oleh aly ope ci ey coer ee oe A poe ol cols Ma get AE ball gt Cel al tal) hlgT df Lake Giles iallh 2g sls tel 14 a yore ens] tah gle HE cles Paki Bl se Lluis 3 BEY WL Gs yield) Lat sy ys yal Yor hal ayy al Uae! BLS) fol Gul ab ber I al ctl, Witla Ty lotie! gal ToS te ay volta bagel 34«Oh, | was so tired of hearing them talk about the war that [ couldn't have endured it through supper, «An’hyah you is widout yo" shawl! An' de night air finin, ter set in! Come on in de house, Miss Scarlett». «Mo, | want to sit here and wateh the sunset. I's so pretty. You run get my shawl, Please. Mam- my, and I'l) sit here till Pa comes Hosta wY¥o" veiee soun’ lak you caichin' a cole», said Mammy suspiciously. «Well, I'm now, said Scarlett impatiently. «You fetch me my shawl». As she stood, hesitant, wondering where she could hide until the ache in her breast subsided a little, a thought came to her, bringing a small ray of hope. Her father had ridden over to Twelve Oaks, the Wilkes plantation, that afternoon to of- fer to buy Dileey, the broad wife of his valet, Pork. Surely, thought Scarlett, Pa will know whether this awful story is true. If Ll can just see him pri- vately before supper, 37 steel oe Cette pl ge cond a salt Areal Sy Ue AUG daa welt Sk iy pel UNE Oy a el le LAS RTL Ua eat tall Ll phe i oe Rly ee eal at AML gyal ths ge plat lag nts Oh ely) tly oagh tage gly Ay ENS pole SNF MSY cool ad LIS, ee sepia ese! Mee ASD ln lt ope ahiy ede Coles He J gral OL UpsKey aah Sa cite thoes eI Cay Say ese BA gill NY Lhe cae ill Gas a pts SGN GIS Sa ly 2S Lily) Lege gee wT eS LY dee ey ale Sy al Maal SI A LR sre Of tele eal te eI adhe ee (3) ab dee abl Get FR ee cashll, iil peal lee 2S adel Go IN ad pd als eelball J 36‘There was nothing for her 16 do except meet him where the driveway entered the road, She sped. down the palh toward the driveway as fast as her small ribbon laced slippers would carry ber. Flushed and breathing hard, she sat down on a stump to wait for her father, It was past time for him to come home, But the minutes slipped by and Gerarld did not come, She looked down the road for him, the pain in her beart swelling up again, Her eyes followed the winding rod. 7 ah, it can't be true!» she thought oWhy, doesn't he come? wOh, Ashley! Ashleyla. Her beart beat faster. Some of the cold setise Of bewilderment and dise aster that had weighed her down since the | Tarleton boys told her their gossip was pushed into the background of her mind, and in its place crept the fever that had possessed her for two years. Tn chide hood days, she had seen him come and go am never given him a thought. Bur since that day (wo years ago when Ashley, newly home from his three year's Grand Tour in Europe, had called to pay ‘his respeets, she had loved him. Tt was as simple as that. He stood looking up at her with drowsy. green eyes, blond hair and @ wide smile. a9 FillG ai Seay les LN dy ee a Ss le ey pal Spe oe Ue EY a gle yey baw foe ihe ee ee chy Oi Lay SB A RS eo betes pel hy gle gt gal MS SA RUN Say Sal gel tage ae pe cli Aepinleshge At Sh sete ele fay ol Wie lanl 5 sil gle Ute ca ay ye os IVY CY daghh pet Stet col cel all Geely Pook pl Ld cea le Gael aT Rate By GM bi ce Loy ol ue but di Soe Wy sel oll detail) J yell ele a any ena y oP Ea AN sie oe clea by Opel ob lap ol ae fe Set ll eal OU le tha! sh F Tso pay Hi psbel ol) Niger te beste etsy sie Bly placed gal spat Ol y3 er Leal puis cat HOEY teen al oh pad gl pal AUS Bop dus Meese ogee UO CEO Ly sl GM aise Dey oe oat ole Neel Mh iy BE OE Typo aol se od agi Ld The tials 2 eet ae a eae 38«So you've grown up, Scarlett», And, coming lightly up the steps, ke had kissed her hand. And his voice! She would never forget the leap of her heart as she heard it, as if for the first time, drawl- ing, resonant, musical, For two years he had squired her about the County, to balls, picnics, and court days. Never a week went by that Ashley did not come calling et Tara, True, he never made love to her, nor did the clear grey eyes ever glow with that hot light Sear- lett knew 40 well in other men. And yet she knew he loved her. She could not bé mistaken about it Instinct stronger than reason and knowledge born of experience told her that he loved her. She knew he loved her. Why did he not tell her so? That she — could not understand. But there were so many things about him that she did not understand, No one could ever tell what he was thinking about, Scarlett least of all. He was as proficient as — any of the other young men in the usual county di- versions, hunting, gambling, dancing and spoke of - polites, and was the best rider of them alll, but these activities were not the end and aim of life to him. And he stood alone in his interest in books and music and his fondness for writing poetry. a Met ARe b Sys al aay iaipe, Slob edgy ra sgpall tele ails, AE AN ial eas Lace UL ye Ug as Ce oF WEN GF LIL Ol pee IME BL) a pig Le Ny lal gad ey LULL LEAS ALT sh ot S58 els peel pa 8 yet es ol Le bey Lay Saal le OPV aa Gels WT WGL gl poe NA CHS ple he ape Ue coe GL aL shh Ga cae Ul Ye Bw ope boi See cHealy gh Ua fb Blame 57 ol Lgily 2 Sie A lg all Ml etal eal all os il Go ah vege ed Me Me FRU Na as ol BLD Sy lay pe pepe dale is ebcl dhe cats ey Ble Lag a! lA gi palates OS tod oo Lk setetll Ge Sale ONS seal yee Cae alll IS hs tae lyse cys Eade Lall age gl fsa 4 Riel A el ee) OLE fy AL bgt Pte PUY rte 8 Lh Sr AF lL ale os, cereelly allel Baye J Ups OE Ey ol veal el pall wal ge hy 40She loved him and she wanted him and she did not undrstand him, And now, like a thunderclkap, — had come this horrible news, Ashley to marry Mel+~ anie! It could not be true. She heard a pounding of hooves, Gerald O'Hara _ seus coming home at top speed. Filled with her own anxieties, she nevertheless watched him with affectionate pride, for Gerald was an excellent horseman. ‘i The big horse reached the fence, Gerald hastily set about smooting his hair and setting his ruffled shirt and his caraval which had slipped away be- hind one ear, Scarlett laughed a loud. As she had. intended, Gerald was startled by the sound, then he recognized her. He dismounted with difficulty, because his knee was stiff, and stumped toward her: «Well, Missy», he said pinching her cheek, 50, you've been spying on me and, like your sister Suellen last week, you'll be telling your mother on meh: #No, Pa, I’m no tattletale like Suellen» she as- sured hit. a3 Cope ot YE gee y ales SUIS y sans ed cls ots Ul ake paki dey Lele es cody ae al Nota, YM ob ebb creel «papel! yee SMI DIS alee Gill aie Gals they Rel hee he oa) Taste lay] id al Ly aye oe alee) Lee th les Tab Lid Ble ois ue sh rete eet Sle Be ed hee ee tell tll! lye ples Sell te Hayy cepa ead ghey gpa catste Selle ths NR Sey nal pte] ody tle Bee te bes shee bie le fant coe SCSI ie ig ermey REE SUIT A A yay daly ae ley these oe yey Yl ay apes em Es gts Mpa Geo ol ale clas set, tole eles cub IL ye ae cil, 42Gerald was a small man, little more than five feet tall, thick and heavy, He was sixty years 0. with curly silver-white hair, shrewd unlined face and hard little blue eyes. Beneath his choleric exterior, Gerald O"Hara had the tenderest of hearts. He couldn't bear to s a slave under a reprimand, Scarlett was impressed less than anyone else by his tempers and his roarings. She was his oldest child and, now that Gerald knew there would ne more sons to follow the three who lay in the fa= mily burying-ground, he bad drifted into a habit of treating her in a man-to-man manner which she found most pleasant, Moreover, Scarlett and her father were bound together by a mutual suppression agreement. I Gerald caught her climbing a fence instead of walking half a mile to a gate, he did not mention the fact to Ellen or to Mammy. And when Scarlett” discovered him jumping fences after his solemn promise to his wile, or learned the exact amount of | his losses at poker, she refrained from mentioning | the fact at the supper table. Nothing would induce them to wound Ellen's gentleness. 45 Re ge Mb Ge Sola, ed he ols Sap ee cpt ab OLS pall epltee GS aSh YY a plail pep sled ie Ug oe apy gb elt DET | gull pyle 18 pall rate gules ULE al ey lial Jape he Uy fame YI, WG clip yo fe ecapalliyl saypdny ede al GIL SS sede coh OE day ar Ob tg AR co COs ab stb he Boyan call tah Oe dd we ety he we pe ay fe A fe dle II bla el 6p Alert Mgily acts Sala! ial geask DheeSy Dike tibiae cy Lt OLS ad AN 1) aaa) Oh pe May Se tek Skt ee Uda 15S a latte ly oll alt LN GH Jat ay Jo ile plate ot ply elses IN IS dy AL lel sell he a fed pes Leslee Ley segs ley ol oy veel ah eet SalS 5 Bll ead opie all Alea bad coo yl Caer all Goad GI tal oltalh bth galls 5 ity aH) wel ce call bee Be eget oe bd nl CY wld tae ol 44Scarlett looked at her father in the fading light, «Missy, what are you doing oul here without your shawl?» «i was waiting for you. 1 didn't know you would be so late, | just wondered if you had bought Dil- coy, 7 «Bought her I did, and the price has rained me. Bought her and her little wench, Prissy, i «How are they all over at Twelve Ouks? Did they say anything about the barbecue tomorrow?». «Indeed they did. Miss- what's- her- name- the sweet little thing who was here last year, you know, Ashley's cousin- oh, yes, Miss Melanie Ha- 7 milton, that's the name- she and her brother ‘Charles have already come from Atlanta and- and a sweet thing she isn. ‘Scarlets heart sank at the news. «Was, Ashley there, toa» He was. Gerald let go of his daughter «And you came out here to wait for me, why didn’t you say 30 without beating around the bush?» a7 wart Med pe I yn Uyally I) clon ee at CPMILE diya, gye dea) U Leay clad ken: JL stand Loe ot lee OUT bel st dy il eos Hopes Su atl i oes BY heb Gel ol cod Veet aa! «piel lal, Leys easy ely ett alo Kee Wd Sa tthy Tpke BU lan deaf a dle st Sa Bp 2 ol pA aL! ye Lane lay SU eel ja IYI Ltn tf) a AT pe ted ar ally aL) beens yt Bb vo plte EW dase aah ee ee ee wr A f # 2 ris a ry ig atlas teats Ba ONL eae Ls aay Wha «dbs LAT ole bay Hie OLS Bye by acs) ae Ay ols is deh NAb ase ttle pelle ol ihe hae Gl tad SPSL 92aHe was there and he asked most kindly after you, a3 did his sisters, and said they hoped nothing would keep you from the barbecue tomorrow. And. now, daughter, what's all this about you and Ash- ley'be «There is nothing,» she said shortly, tugging at his arm. «Let's go in, pa», «But here I'm going to stand till I'm understand- ing you. Now that [think of it, it is strange you've been recently, Has he been trifling with you? Has he asked to marry youl» «No,» she suid shortly, @Nor will be. 1 had it from John Wilkes that Ashley is to marry Miss Melanie. It is to be an- nounced tomorrows. Scarlett’s hand fell from is arm. So it was ‘true! A pain slashed at her heart as savagely as a wild, animal’s fangs. Through it all, she felt her father’s eyes on her, a little pitying, a lite annoyed at being faced with a problem for which he knew no answer. He loved Scarlett, but it made him uncom- fortable to have her childish problems on him for a solution. Ellen knew all the answers, Scarlett should have taken her troubles to her 49 saPlgieh led (Slay tlie Ley fadlly Sa OU gle cel V OS) Le de fy) eb gL tu, Wy place’ Lia JS pe Ube sab PL nek VO Seely thee Gay Jl) cl fed all AU at fs gil ol fe ge et ot el saleby Gee cr tall cul agi Weclaglh tlle te ye Seleltens thy tee OW be PPP asi, ctl ce QT SMe a oe ele a fa ol BL Le lke ke LA NOS, prema reli ged ko SU by ced sel ch ee ll ball isl aty epee Sad IT Mg a Ueda ob, pat Se hy eae Ul Be TS yeh Fete pal ote one cp Wblas WG os ety eK Ce SE Mss cell OL fowl) Us itealt YISLnas ote Ugel pl Ape Gh et AS gle Oy NGS Ieee cg Uglell G shee page bell tes Lael«Have you been running after a man whois nol! in love with you, when you could have any of thé bucks in the county?» Anger and hurt pride drove out some of the: pain. T haven't been running after him. [t-it just surprised mon, alts lying you are! Pam sorry daughter. But after all, you are nothing but a child and there's lots of other beaux», «Mother was only fifteen when she married you, and I'm sixteen,» said Scarlett, her voice mufiled. «Your mother was diffezent, Now, cheer up, I'll take you to Charleston next week te visit your Aunt Eulalicn. «He thinks I am a child», thought ee grief and rage choking utterance. aThink it over daughter. Marry one of the twins and then the plantation will run together and Jim Tarleton and I will build you a fine house, and,..0, «I don’t want to go to Charleston or have a house or marry the twins, 1 only want...o She caught herself but not in time. 54 pail oe jake Jl gsc a iy, a Cena LE lind ey hae a ae a ae of SU Nl gb Lal SOB gal gine gle toll hotly ks jul ge sa bss git by id BF geek at tthe Deel! Gee OLS Ge Geace Eek Od pel GOED Spee Spe OT ite Lal gp SW yes wt SU ie ene AY) ae tT a lh ADM) ell tok poll pw Ls pitt indy Cpe etc iy geet gt SI STs Ege ile ee Bed hs gel et ae elk lee gS 4 SyShee pelly UT pL pales! bbl ab Syed vl YL 0y ill fie dea ty DibeS (pilvine Ge Nye edie ee oy Oh dagl My yeast. It weld el Ub se ted be Se eget el typ at ty be ob oaks cated gh ciligh shee Sy PAST Gee alip as 50alt is only Ashley you're wanting, and you'll not ‘be having him. And if he wanted to marry you, i would be with misgivings that I'd say Yes. E want my girl to be happy and you wouldn't be happy with hime, Oh, T would! 1 wouldbs «You wouldn't, daughter. Qur people and the Wilkes are different, The Wilkes are different from any of our neighbours, and it is besi that they maz- ry their cousins and keep their queerness to them- selves. «Pa, pay cried Scarlett. «When [say queer, it is aot erazy I'm meaning. T like him, but it’s neither heads nor tails T can make of most he says. Da you undrstand his fol- derol about books and poetry and music and oil paintings and such foolishness?» If T married him, I'd change all that!» 53 shateae ai AES ae Pt of gk af au gk UT gil gM ty ty pe al CAST pe Ree eS Gy hee Mogae ySLe Rees Gi ySket Shly Teel el of ae ot gd gl Ease iuslmall OM ge ge AS SU) el Off ea Iplieny U peepee ty Toe yeey oT Pa yd ete LR pt fled oil) gale Higilly W vaglh Sec fe eles ee TTY al 9 ON ee AH ay dl Lee fet IY af el Lace St eel a) ee gents tate a pa el) sail Vy shade see peel pte ply Ly Bl ee Al ed Walang sual ye oils Lt Ley eng Ue Bl all ait he asl 52«Mo wife has ever changed a husband. The whole family is that way. Look at the way they Bo tearing up to New York and Bosion to hear op- eras and sce ail paintings. And ordering French and German books by the crate fram the Yankees! And there they sit reading, and dreaming the dear God knows what, when they'd be better spending their time hunting and playing pokers. «Thece is nobody in the county who rides a herse better than Ashley,» said Scarlett, and as for poker, didn’t Ashley take two hundred dollars away from you just last week in Jonesboro?» «He can do all those things, but bis heart's not in it. Searlett! Cade Calvert is good. The Calverts are good folks, And when I am gone, darlin’, I'll leave Tara to you and Caden, al wouldn't have Cade on a silver tray,» cried Searlett in fury. al don’t want Tara or any planta- tion, Plantations don’t ameunt to anything when... She was going to say «When you haven't the man you want. But Gerald, incensed by the cava- lier way in which, she treated his profered gifi, the thing which, next to Ellen, he loved best in the whole world, uttered a roar: 55 Sh Mega He pL] Jag ol ete! typ ee bet ap] gybil sla ia gle Guts Ute all at te lf pl ches Arua gall Sayibee el Se A ge Gly Y gl LS atl ol it ere oa pee op toe Dyes FoI oe LANL El aT ye Yaa by UL gate, dl, ee ot Agdl ols teal 5 peti Cpt Ble GAT by As eB dd eRe eas ef te eB tl Sl ere ed ogenier gh Le gt abe tll ppl Ue Vachs yeti wae real a cls Sete pod AILS UT op tee pete sp els 4s Ahly Leype dug wl Ble «Lila gla Licey digo tie AU IE Lad ye Gabe dhe Gt ced gly A i TE eye a) i WUE VG tec G pay Ee bee Bab gl Ys pill OL ag ol gall Je le fea Veter gat ol pes Se el RANE Rll il ya gl cps Beal gi alle AL Mes Md SUE all rag) te Ue le laa Lee ae lr«Do you stand there, Scarlett O'Hara, and cell me that Tara doesn't mount to anything?» «Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything., ‘Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for-worth dying for., “Tis the only thing that lasts» «Oh» cried Scartett. «It's not crying you are?» he questioned, fum- bling clumsily at her chin, trying to iurn her face upward, his own face furrowed with pity. «No, she cried vehemently, jerking away. all's lying you are, and I'm proud of it, I'm glad there’s pride in you, Puss». Gerald took her arm, «We'll be going in to ‘supe per now, and all this is between us, ['ll not be wore tying your mother with this-nor do yau do it, either, Blow your nose, daughter». “Mr. O'Hara,» called Ellen as she saw the two coming up the driveway, «Mr, O'Hura there ig ill: ness at the Slattery house. Emmie’s baby has been born and is dying and must be baptized. lam going there with Mammy to see what I can dos. «Take my place at the table, dear.» said Ellen, patting Scarlett’s check softly. St doled ¥ US del Of Labs SU Gd fly a Wal, FH pl he 5 ee pl tot! pe uaa Ol, she fell Gates gill se etl ed nyt gale All ce at LEY abet oe pel Gee JIL Sp Mag [eR ce ay tl Meee Gy Wole We ty ey YL, ats Slali : pal OSE (he Le py hea ONY ody th yy te Be ky eel ch ag ya ye Wl Uk TaD Se Dans vebtall cay Ob al OWE Lar Gy oo pid baby Mg Halls geal oH ee Le he ue GB fell al el oI) i eal baat oy Reapell Gull poe oat Gauls bers cael le ol hes ee tt Ble gl a I ee a al we ee ot ll heey td ie Aalab goS be N agile ae se ll dal ote rehay Ha Leak le cay SH oe ely Nga Ru gle ibe gatChapter 2 Ellen O'Hara was thirty-two years old, and, ac- cording to the standards of her day, she was a middle-aged woran, one who had borne six child- em and buried three. She was a tall woman, her neck Was creamy-skinned, rounded and slender, and it seemed always tilted slightly backward by the weight of her luxuriant hairin iis nev at the back of her head, From her French mother, had come her slanting dark eyes, and (rom her father, she had long straight nose and her square-cut jaw that was sof- tened by the gentle curving of her cheeks, But only from life could Ellen's face have acquired its loak of pride that bad mo haughtiness. its graciousness, ils melancholy and its utter lack of humour. She spoke itn a soft slurring voice. a voice never raised in command to @ servant or reproof to a child but a voice that was obeyed instantly at Tura. Her apirit always calm and her back unbowed, even in the deaths of her three baby sons. Scarlett had never seen her sit down wilhout a bit of needle- work in her hands, except at mealtime, while at- tending the sick or while Werking at the book keeping of the plantation, 59 itl Jaca sey Lae oe aly a A Wht epi ae: ae Sd peal thoy el lee ll Jes yd) GIS GRAN Lh CAS ge SS tay Goyaete Lila pho tls, RAS Shp edyllh Las Mey gy AE Et eT EA Unga a Lally ge egal ll Wee Geel eal ce old Ste tae ap gl Gayl Sy epee tel dat Speill Splash ay etl ety thal! Ghd eel wey ete) LS a be A) ye gles oll aes yey te CS ley ae os cl) bell slaily aol paths aly ollae! bn lat te cee dale GA LS tee Gp tell aly Gye ls fab Uplabl cath Leste ee elit peace pl Lapa plat Male, gan Rae ls hae agg la) bead ce ly EE Ngalaal tel pla coy Mh ohgets cit eel) led Sabi se yell il Bul ars 23, aN pt all 58Ih the mornings, after all night sessions st births and deaths, Ellen presided at the breakfast table as usuul, her dark eyes circled with weariness but her voice and manner revealing none of the strain. Sometimes, when Scarlett tiptoed at night to kiss her mother’s cheek, she looked up at Ellen's mouth and wondered if it had ever curved in silly girlish giggling or whispered secrets through long nights to intimate friends. But no, that wasn't possible, Mother had always been just as she wag, a pillar of strength, a fount of wisdom, the one Person who knew the answers to everything. But Scarlets was wrong, for, years before, Ellen Robillard of Savannah had giggled as incxplicably as any fifteen-year- old and whispened the long nights through with friends, exchanging confi- dences, telling all secrets but one, That was the year when Gerald O'Hara, twenty eight years older than she, came into her life-the year, too, when youth and her black-eyed cousin went out of it. For when her cousin, Philippe Robillard, left Sa- vannah forever, he took with him all the glow that was in Ellen's heart and left for the bandy-legged drishman who married her only a gentle shell, ot wee ety glad gl ppd Th as telat ated pol) ole Hy gdm De ga gh ra gt LT le dames GLY Ly ell sel GLEE pla Gute elie Ma hed at eee coke tlle OF a5 tcrusle ell Ura . GS pe cil CHOY Cel eds ake a bbe UA ot Wor Jans ett adh Beets sladl 4b de gale! cree gl patel LLpae ihe ye [eal a ah Ue als 12 (Sy orleall ae pit te le 8 wcsysal elyal giice elo, cals Meads Se ed wld Ge pA eM pony tes Ladey ayall ; Heat pend (USGL a) toby abl Ob hae cos ed oss ibe Leth geal baie gt OSes UF cle ey ope tpl GB celal ope be eb fo paint Te My et lets tla Selle ge lel slykayh alge beehe Ud de gall ed ge obs sisal eA ee a es pe gues gl a gl egal opt Coleg gyal 93 LAT lays Cd leer cet wed OE ae el vat wl] GUL Ae ae A epBel cp pall gail gi) UA Ty Eby Sey Ot cab eS Se lea gall 60But that was enough for Gerald, overwhelmed at his unbelievable luck in actually marrying her. He knew that it was mo less than » miracle that be, att, Irishman with nothing of family and wealth 1 re. commend him, should win the daughter of one of the wealthiest and proudest families on the Coast. For Gerald was a self-made mun, Gerald had come to America from Irland when he was twenty-one, with some clothes on his back and two shillings. His two oldest brothers, James and Andrew had come to America years before, and now they were successful merchants in Savan- nah, Little Gerald, at wenty one, knew that five feet four and @ half inches was as much as the Lord in His vasdom was going to allow hit. ‘Gerald never wasted regrets on his lack of height and never found it an obstacle to his acquisition of anything he wanted, He had learned early that [it- Ue people must be hardy to survive among large ones. His mother had taught him to read and to write 2 clear hand. 63 of Spall sal gal all pel Lats OS JS Hale f Spl ots aad ote lanl Ss gil all Gn AS Pea chat Seer he in tae me gla Geel ay leds eel Lasts det = pis as pgs ay Up pty Law Vy ttl dL ctaluae ey hee captally qlee pmalyd Ga pal) hae ea a oa cen rea ai ee Richy OL alge bss dea al a : ay sie 254 ly Saal desaracaaee 3 AST UL Le pe Leal s i Yb pay Aaa pel Whar Ahly cet telly pated hp Hal aii eet chara ial eat rare i" i wdgh gpd dil Golf ap come sh gh chy A pore pein ply satel ee Sy pat gh ha ham ci —— Linke GS ees aeald ad OF La Se pl BT ofA Liga ola Je te he nae cme Std) Vga lent 1554 ob ale aL ee ol sy AS sya aecke ead calsy pg ST oe a a 62Nobody regrettd his lack of education. His clear. hand, bis accurate figures and his shrowd ability in bargaining won their respect. He liked the South, and soon became, in his. own opinion, a Southener. He adopted its ideas and customs as he understood them, for his own: poker and horse racing, red-hot polities, states" Rights and damnation to all Yankees and Slavery, an exupgergted courtesy to women. He even learned to chew tobacea. There was no need for him to acquire a good head for drink, he had heen born with one, The hand of Fate and a hand of poker com- bined Lo give the plantation which he afterwards named Tara, and at the same lime moved him out of the Coast into the upland country of north Georgia. He cleared the fields and planted coton and bor- rowed more money from James and Andrew to buy more slaves. Gerald was on excellent terms with all his neigh- bours in the County except the Mackintosh, whose land adjoined his on the left, 65 thee My ea WN per BL ct peat gl te pls hase iylgey TRAP TUL y i lel ab! GIS wai | pala cape el sth bellighe 3 wed el thet Uy we Dae el wy ype Stalaly MUM heli diol ye J ty Lee Falls Janll Bla Soll fe a a pee alsieass trallettl Gee! Sty DUYGN dates ody all Mey aes let at pd GLU A Ll eA Ni foe aly at AAU alle oll ll dele oS, Rey elle alae ee 5 Lady pall Gal Cantey etl pe ee ea Bebe i ty ee ale Gal cheer ad pia a das TB cree eget ge Sled Geely hall ¢55 diel cs PRAY golly shew coe pall 6 Atal aatlla Mile Ulta lee gs ijl Woke le alae ols cshedl go Stel soln Wel cuts ally 2 eseWith all the rest of the County, Gerald was on terms of amity and some intimacy. Gerald was likeable, and the neighbors learned in time that a kind heart. a ready and sympathetic ear and an open pocket-book lurked just behind his howlig. voicg and his truculent mannerr, When Gerald was [or jjhree, it came to him that he wanted a wile. T: oy foe a mistress. With unerring African instinct, the negroes had all discovered that Gerald had a loud bark | and na bite at all. «Mist Gerald,» said Pork, aon you heeds is a wife, and a wife whut has got plen'y of house ni gers, 4 But there were two difficulties in the way of mar- riage into the County families. The first was the scarcity of girls of marriageable age. The second and more serious one, was that Gerald was a «new manm, despite his nearly ten years’ residence us a foreigner. No family wanted a daugther to wed a — man about whose grandfather nothing was known, This knowledge did not make him feel inferior to his neighbours. 7 seca tam sere Hiepang tact et aes lt Me Lynsay Ue AS tages My Nagy Eegice Gly Lady, LG) ee bil daly fel ope Feed pe AS epee oe on My WN al es cll lee Sle pad UG SAAS tha Syl dry) 2) ag bs peal ley peer ee asl sagt Vey call A lee pate OP ok 3599 i AM er gent e ay tay de } ctpaball Se tSl galls Hl dey ty ~O gif bp oFja Uete dee ens, Rie Se Ahi viabliell (J COLI ie sta te ee 38 (ye Rule i) o) ANB Sllpee phe etd ol cilde al vy. aoe ge Le el ee Yee Gel ee ely ot See gal Wl pts dhe 6B«Pack up, We're going to Savannah,» he told Pork, dames and Andrew were old men and they stood well in Savannah. They had many friends and, for a month, they carried Gerald from home to home, to suppers, dances and picnics. «There's only one who takes me cyes,» Gerald said finally. «Miss Ellen Robillardo, «You old cnough to be her father!» wHer mother is dead, and old man Robillard likes men. «As a man, yes, but as a son-in-low, nom. So, James and Andrew were as startled as any- one when the news came out that the daughter of Pierro Robillard was to marry the littl Irishman, Ellen turned her back on Savannh, with her hus- band, Mammy and twenty «House niggers» jour- neyed toward Tara. The next year, their first child was born and they mamed her Katie Scarlett, after Gerald's mother. 69 PNG Me seth sel | Hay | Le Legh Glsy yet Bohs oie ail, Peale Dee ee ts ely UG Lae wets Ld oe Wy sel Meee 5 slag GE Shame ila Far OS UG eat, ibeas cael CAT Ma pls aay pu AU dee Ne ee Ngee oral ys Leallag ge ipl EbOS Sol Ey aioe bo Fine Sats pe Eo pegs Lig gute gle ew Mol Leh Le a aad pul whe shea ihe OGL ee ty caly AYE as heyy cco eae ie Lay tes PIS Wheels Lyshabe ely IL th ial oe lieu tase eenShe became the best-loved neighbour in the County, She was a thrifty and kind mistress, good mother and a devoted wife. She devoted her- self to the service of her child, her household an the man who had taken her out of Savannah a its memories and had never asked any question. When Scarlett was a year old, Ellen's second. child, numed Susan Elinor, but always called Sucl-, len, was born, und in due time came Carreen, Then followed threee little boys, each of who died before he had learned to walk, From the day when Ellen first came to Tara, the place had been transformed. If she was only fifteen years old, she was nevertheless ready for the re- sponsibilities of the mistress of a plantation. She quickly brought order, dignity and grace into Ger ald’s household, and she gave to Tara a bree if had never had before, Ellen's life was not easy, nor was it happy, but she did not expect life to be easy, and, if it was not happy. that was woman's lot. It was a man’s” world, and she atcepted it as such. 71 oP le Ski gl) oll el el ol er ay foeghy edb Uy yk Gate GL oe a bal stp peg bechtle edi Ugihe Cn Sud) tale Taihite WSL ST ae cee Shr UL oe ema gall belly Meh We FA adel GL aly ey pale SIR eas Lette y cle ee es gly elf ag ell, hes oes «IM dada cable ot ci ay Liste sag hell Upalacy Ob LF eee Uyete hee SIT aay whats ABR DAS AN Sled dpe ol Je pall dey ee le beds ed oe EN ley ad gel HS atlely tans fp oll she gyal cult YAY sla SEER olga adsl y ode py pli Led al de year PE Wan SIG Wea ae ey Melt lS od eS cage al Ugo the yt ly We GO) tayady Uplbe gs a os I Ll: ee cds Gael ode 256 uid shell pclbe ye pintt ot 70She had been reared in the tradition of great la- dies, which had taught her how to carry her burden and still retain her charm, and she intended that her three daughters should be great ladies also, With ‘her younger daughters, she had success, for Suellen Was so anxious to be attractive she lent an attentive and obedient ear to her mother’s teachings, and Carreen was shy and easily led. But Scarlett, child of Gerald, found the road to ladyhood hard. Her preferred playmates were not the girls but the negro children on the plantation and the boys of the neighbourhood, and she could climb a tree or throw a rock us well as any of them. She told herself that the child was merely full of life and there was still time in which to teach her the arts and graces of © ‘being attractive to men. To this end, Ellen and Mammy bent their ef- forts, and as Scarlett grew older she became an apt pupil in this subject, even though she learned tittle else. Despite a succession of governcsses and two years at the near-by Faytteville Female Academy, her education was sketchy, but no girl in the County danced more gracefully than she did. Ta wey hale OS OF te ey oll elles wal pots Moab le SLL eb) fom GS Cokes Le Le athe tents Sell gd less cary asl gle tty iB le Sone Lathes ee OT iL iy Lage get ol Snel fetal Mgeciel pe cd aly kaa SH Oe ew ISS a oS ol Cbs ts SUE gp hey A Ol ele Gad co ol pat cals otis. Uf la dye 20 AES OLamll Al os Shell way ey! op lak SHS gs tly ols sl W iby lt) Gh pe et Nase Mw Sy Reyemlly aad alll Bm Of Ypeel as he ship RI yD LAS oll ab bed cl Laks y shall adie! Leno pgr pile dealt Grol! Cue sy Mie pi pale BLES pa CO I i oly SPRY op thes eas Qala ut) diel ph re hey cele aD Led oe Il SIS SU otal Uglies Ob cL! fad Lyall Babli OAS ges hl A Gy CAS YT om i Me sail 72Mammy and Ellen taught her all that a gentle- woman should know, but she learned only the out-— ward sigms of gentility. At sixteen she looked sweet, charming and gid— dy, but she was, in réality, self-willed, vain and ob- stinate, But Mammy was under no illusions about her: and was constantly alert for breaks in the veneer Mammy’s eyes were sharper than Ellen's, and Scar- lett could hever recall in all her life having fooled Mammy for long ‘That night at supper, Scarlett’s mind was in a ferment over the dreadful news she had heard about Ashley and Melanie, Desperately she longed: for her mother's return, for, without her, she felt lest and alone. 75. ante Ve IG pe ley Gb ota ad Vlas leet THIS Sy A lls 3 le yeye oe te Ee a gis SUR SS La ne op Ae Lak ky ieeey Se Gyula!) gp Sa ely dee aye gill py pases Y Ue ANN daha ala Lys culls y clan py eile mle Gaye Uy) pias Le cuisy Hie daly gil) oe ee pet lL bye Sus ai tA ON re pe celles Yl ci sd Vy ges odes cid Guan oh ple wd ae ee gt I gh OS Lat AUS iicly ty ll phd Ge ener gill SA SL vidoe plhy plate a2 gts ah «UE els Leal aye 74Through out the dismal meal, Gerald's booming yoice battered against her cars until she thought she could endure it no longer. Gerald made a habit of dominating the conversation at mealtimes, a usually Scarlett, occupied with her own thoughts, searcely heard him; but tonight she could not shy out his voice, no matter how much she strained to listen for the sound of carriage wheels that would herald Ellen's return. If she had not feared hy father's loudly bawled questions, she would have slipped away, down the dark hall to Ellen’s little office and cried out her sorrow on the old sofa. Scarlett longed to be there now, alone with Ellen, so she could put her head in her mother’s lap and ery in peace. Wouldn't Mother ever come home? Then, wheels ground sharply on the gravell driveway and the soft murmur of Ellen's voice dis- missing the coachman floated into the room. Gerald's face had brightened as if by magic al heer entrance. als the brat baptized?» he questioned. «Yes, and dead, poor thing,» said Ellen. «Well, tis better so that the brat is dead, no” doubt, poor father..». eal elt pall oe pe ty Uy sige feta ad eh pl nt ee all 3 Claes Ld pled oLstl ctl ple pos bhp tale palsy sa pol La IST Lg lags os syaks oh, tle Le gay pS Se ail] ptt JUL eiey ol) Ne FALL Oy nee Myra ULF dd ope al a asi veh Wael Remy ESE I ll tee spel eli I See he Spat Cette il ally Tel oo eye ly re eRe oe Rak IN ALA I) pLalall SL: cabal Meni) Oeal ealbly sZsall 2203) le ye cally yell She Oy OF INR cos al Age y oll iy venta enn cece fet lee Map By seal tale ht he eke ape gma ich ily MN peal pts esa Sal Spey colt I gaged Lelpbs Tle pol pe LS hee any bil) al AT file dena pi Jat igi gS lh cule ey a Bale ry tas AS Oty yee OT fade gd fai Be vcard ala alg 76lt is late. We had better have prayers now», «Mrs, O'Hara, would you believe it! Cade Cal- vert was in Atlanta this morning and he says it is all upset they are there and talking aothing but war, militia drilling, troops forming. And he says the news from Charleston is that they will be put- ting up with no more Yankee insultsn. «lf the nice people of Charleston fecl that way, I'm sure we will all feel the same way scon,» she said, and then rose, «We'll be having prayers won't we» he ques- tioned. «Yes. It is so late, The lamp, please, Pork, and my prayer-book, Mammy». Ellen arranged her skirts and sank to the flooron — her knees, laying the open prayer-book on the table — before her, and Scarlett and Suellen took their uccus= tomed places on the opposite side of the table, The house servants shuffled and rustled in the hall to kneel by the doorways. The old and colourful phrases of the Litany with is Oriental imagery meant little to ‘them but it satisfied something in their hearts, 7 A py Gal aa sot dE ed a hey wis ell sO Nig yy be gah egal col Dope De pene ah gels hell Ls Lisi tg Real a aaly eal Cyl gy eT le Ve eS Bet Lad Gil, - anil pee, ON tg elle calla] Ve Opp Opes | hal OW Bp Py k) Glu Sea eae ey Let ee ls Uj SE bell ayer Nall Leads oo ig ot WLS coll shall Te set ath Mea poeta old al fly HSLall Obs gated ple cal Pall GES Ey Yes le as gig oh Cal, 23 ald ete ede comty ULE tle ole pal Lape Sel aay SINE ce IS dint bag lal) ll A RN 8 GE ety Uyll AMLE Spell 3 steel Sele AS al oy La 8 1Ssltes LS OU ABUL, Upsyaa py [yole wl Pall Sty kell ye spe GI GbR eas colt TY) ually 738Despite her heartache and the pain of unshed fears, a deep sense of quict and peace fell upon Scurlett as it always did at this hour. lt was not the lifting up of her heart to God that brought this balm, for religion went no more than lip-deep with her. It was the sight of her mother's serene face upturned to the throne of God and his saints and angels, praying for blessings on those whom she loved, When Ellen intervened with Heaven, Scar- Jett felt certain that heaven heard. Gerald, who couldn't find his beads, began counting his decade on his fingers, Scarlett's thoughts strayed inspite of herself. She knew she should be examining her conscience. Ellen had taught her that at the end of each day it was her duty to examine her conscience thoroughly, to ad- mit her numerous faults and pray to God ‘for for givencss and strength mever to repeat them. But Scarlett was examining her heart. Her thoughts went sadly back to Ashley, How could he be planning to marry Mclanic when he really loved her, Scarlett? Then, suddenly, an idea, shining and new, flashed like a comet through her brain. Bina cal hae dF hag DIS gl Opal ps oles ply Sell a ram el Sat TY] alps ys Rts tel ede fee i py JE ke a LAY OU Sp oh IY eral) cect, Gens he LU ne bis go SS lb cas aL Oe ey SL Ry thy ail oe SN tere oghgll el any Cod Re betes peed ull soe ly Sis It Vgc hee aL Gy pet SNR AF alah geet ple acral LB cece ey od gull salle clas Crk gle Sal a he Ley el he LRT cee ty ake peaked) UG pat et fy Uh at UP te ll oe pal A api A UN RE I gale ee al oot Beith Sl aN) Le tp sd oy ada Lytle hats Heald Rat SLs Lyle SI vay S59 te oll Gt ee be isl, Sat el ee thet ce glad dey ot ue Ge Vode wh pee get A eat St le Fell cl hell«Why, Ashely hasn't an idea that I'm in love with him!e How could he know? Eye always acted 80 prissy and ladylike and touch-me-not around him, T don't cure a thing about him except as a. friend, Yes, that’s why he's never spoken! He thinks his love is hopeless. What a fool Ive been not to think of this till now! | must think of some way to let him know, Even mow, It wasn’t too late! The County had been scandalized by elopments too often. And Ashley's engagement had not even been announced yet! Yes, there was plenty of times. Scarlett entered her room, The door of her par- ents’ bedroom was slightly ajar and Ellen's Voice, low but stern, came to her cars: «Mr. O'Hara, you must dismiss Jonas Wilker- sors, «And where will I be getting another overseer who would’t be cheating me? «He must be dismissed, immediately. Sam is a good foreman and he can take over the duties until you can hire another overseer». 83 28 al fle od a) sy Moet gil laa LIT se thecel ly EE Rae tt Binds ply ane pall Lelio phe le del ae aos ee eel ol nt daly ye gp ce Ohi add ay pe shay pls alse OS 1S a ge SS ae ek ede le dae, Scoot ply abe ty et ote Pte th. set LA SL eat ob Se PME Hg gal bel te Lay glad od Aly Welle pat tabi ee eld olathe lien lay Reel lite cpm aS pay pel) chee GA le sees Aenll ce Ope ySlag celle abt ot cane slaleal ae Heth Sieh ca Vy bed Asyel ogy aah cay es iptny coke ry ple) Mee vn ol Sy shad) ope gReatt Lat) nig ne dle of easy A ple 82Ah, ha! So [ understand! So, he is the father of Emmie Slattery's baby,» thought Scarlett, By the time Scarlett had undressed and blown out the candle, her plan for tomorrow had worked itself out in every detail. If Ashley did not make the first move, she would simply have to do it herself. Then they would dee cide to fun off to Jonesboro that very afternoon, and by this time tomorrow night, she might be Mrs. Ashley Wilkes! Gay GV Senge gal Na alle Fg i el hae elk oA galeglee pul ale aly yt Sb ly elt ee Ell tS Gale al iy hy il cel 5 oe pp ek SE bles pe of at eels Ab styl! byt il he Bl deg tall te ee oe ll oll OLR he Nee peeve AE Ab ele ye Sa yl a fee i Lay hg ply Sly falaChapter 3 It was ten O'clock in the morning. The day was warm for April and the golden sunlight streamed brilliantly into Searlett’s room. On the bed lay the green silk ball dress, Scarlett shrugged at the sight of it. If her plans were sue- cessful, she would not wear that dress tonight. Long before the ball began, she and Ashley es be on their way to Jonesbora to be married. fy, Thy 7 # What dress would best set off her charms and make her most irresistible to Ashley? At Mammy pushed open the door. In her lary ; black hands was a tray upon which food smoked. The O'Hara girls must be crammed so full of food at home they would be unable to cat any relresh- ments, alt is no use: 1 won't eat it. You can just take it back to the kitchen, | am going to have a good lime today and eat as much as J please», «EF you doan care bout how folks talks bout dis family, Ah does,» Mammy rumbled. a7 SN fecal ita Lange sell oly, ables Ell ak oe iL os weds Bb ll Bee gis taal eet tal se gill gall paR SI ype s al il ley setae ete Cat hy crt cent tlle cel cee AS pass Gd pela cls ep add ls ides get Oye cll Ell Lag Ob fs ola Ls atl ta eal sate ll gb pT ogi fargo geile yb ball oy gh lily Fle hy ape tags ge Tle Cabana ty gp Jens oat soll als cocky uals 1 Le pis pall Of lll pladall pe Dy coaeled fo plabl, thes 6 al i | ea cale pll UGE ge sac ee alt Lae Heigl Ob gl ol» Gclaall Gol aw Fas a Origen oem el ae by Se YS YP ele ple ella cHpsal lh altel ade«Mother is a lady and she cuts,» countered Scar- lett. «W'en you is mahied, you kin eat, 100,» re- torted. «] wish to heaven f was married. | am tired of everlastingly being unnatural-and never doing any- thing I want to do. I'm tired of pretending I don't know anything, so men can tell me things and feel important while they're doing ite. «Ah specs it’s kast gempmums doan know what dey wants, Dey jes’ knows whut dey thinks dey wantss. «Don't you suppose mon get surprised when they are married to find that their wives do have sense'he «Well, it's too late den Dey’s already mahied», Perhaps there was something in what Mammy said, There must be something in it, for Ellen suid the same things, in different and more delicate words. Perhaps she had been too harsh. Occasion- ally she had argued with Ashley and frankly aired her opinions. Perhaps this and her healthy enjoy- ment of walking and riding had turned him from her to the frail Melanie. 89 Mag LE ps Bly taker wl Of) ped AS cal tad cal Ask of thay O05 gy Ler ole tla Upc ope Sand Aad sae al yd sacl pst ills gs candy Age bh ol thy pall pues abe Sah eLA geclad Ue oad at Syl Yl Lest ae dea aly [yyad perce lew pl Spey tel, oS) Opti (Ble hay Y Shey UL BL oF col $Opdi a be Osbyat tll Dyek ey OW plete Lease hall amy Qylebde Sle al lis le Ta poy Mal de pphess Nie ap peel dd Sb AF OSs SEN Sty ue Ge pS la he Yi Reed Aa ey UR Sy Baie Sly GAM a Up eh] Cae AB ay all Webra gp Tah RAE ga CAS Legg ARG) ci hey tilse er Sy A ee et ois GLb sl gph ae pee Le ga pall Nl bag py gL Rlcpall phe ll Yee lel je Le ga bl SySayAs the carriage bore her down the red road to- ward the Wilkes plantation, Scarlett had w feeling — of guilty pleasure that neither her mother nor Mammy was with her to the party, Gerald rode beside the carriage on his big hun- ter. He was happy, pleasantly excited over the pro- spect of spending the day shouting about the Yankees and the war. As they neared the intersecting road that came down the wooded bill: «Tis the Tarleton ladies,» he announced to his daughters. «Where's Ellen this morning? asked Mrs. Tarle- ton, She's after discharging our overseer and stayed home to go over the accounts with him». «What have you decided to do about selling ua the horses for the troop? War may break any day and the boys want the matter settled». «Maybe there won't be any war, «Ah, but it is breaking my heart to see such a fine pretty lady as you so stingy with her beasts!» a danty Mpa deel Gey pe ed SAE SoS Ley Up aT aS Haley ihe Syed Sly ST Reape Habe oh EZ ages Sy All Obs Rall tle ll pty ailye Ep ther Gaels cel ype gi Sane te me a Sie Li ey Gl ge rill pet Sepa PE eo Ty i! aus fated ae UU ee ade all UNaD ope log, oN ge Si te call oe pd dal gal eG oe u Sales Well Sell ph cel toy Ulead sy a Slee et Let hans cll ee eel peed alle gg, ole clad lt caer wll, Spal pagsel GySi ol este Oily Ake! Ul git thelas aoe al = Yar Uglpchylllts 24h dear tee gi Ol eld Giga HE Hla pill aca lt Ue Say 901 reckon the confederacy means as much to me pny eps gd tn ge le Ue al ep as it does to you, me with four, boys can take care Sb epi Nystay Ol pgs OL Sau utp pale of themselves and my horses can’t». Alyn vie YI goles y weChapter 4 They crossed the river and the carriage mounted the hill, Even before Twelve aks came into view Scarlett saw a haze of smoke hanging lazily in the tops of the tall trees and smelled the mingled savoury adours of burning hichory logs and roast- ing pork and mutton, The wide ball which went from front to back of the house was swarming with people, Through the open French windows, she caught glimpses of the older women seated in the drawing room. j The sunny front veranda was thronged with guests, On the porch steps stood John ‘beside his wife to call greetings to the arriving guests. As Scarlett chattered and laughed and cast quick glances into the house and the yard, her cyes fell On a stranger, standing alone in the hall, staring at her in a cool impertinent way that brought her up sharply with a mingled feeling of feminine pleasure Shat she had attracted a man. He looked quite old, at least thirty five. Cot eel aes al by al dee cela y gill Sal creel sas Ob fay pte aE ott Repel CH pd Bad IS nee tole Sel od, oly i I Spc te Ghee Ae yall Gl caetly cyl =e Mie eT oe a is oe Re SOL) sy neh IS ted hey diye ay DGS Ao gin gt og eta ager, hele tlt LA ot cts, a) tle ll dy Spe ay Jel) Ske gs ley ptlealy beh os Ge Rees GIA ftp edna lees IK AE Ly te geht le Lale Cody cd at fins Ge pele Fazer ley pl ew, UF alah a Tad i ebea sede orth Gel Lee Cel Hae ty tt sce Melly eel gc all deg gly fe byShe dragged her eyes away from his without smiling back, and he turned as someone called: «Rhett! Rhett Butler! Come heren. «1 must run upstairs, and smooth my hair,» she told Stuart and Brent. She paused in the hall to speak to friends and ta. greet India, Ashley's sister. Scarlett spoke pleasantly to her and started up. the wide stairs. As she did, a shy voice behind her called her name and, turning, she saw Charles Ha- milton, He was a nice-looking boy with a riot of soft brown curls on a white forehead and deep. brown cyes. A faint blush was creeping over hig fave as she turned, for he was timid with girls: «Why, Charles Hamilton, you handsome old thing, you! I'll bet you came all the way down here from Atlanta just to break my poor heart, ‘Charles almost shuttered with excitement, hold: ing her warm little hands in his and looking into the dancing green eyes. He tried to think of some- thing to say and couldn't: a7 od es SS ee es pe A Db Vole ey Nee sagas pened eed eyledy the Hua Ul eel oo) SP lice Shy Age ed gall Pl Ute I dn) eli Gh ee JEU iy agpftl tas cui) LY cas SA gf A td el a tk el ta regal cp Leman als i pak pa Ly ig plat Cipey Lie Us pbb er gd Soe aly Se cot dat Al et te eta La) ee le ht ote ae Se See oe LET sy arly ogee Pipolde cI al og oN oe ty OUT al Dae ete SUT aT Niele ger eel ade Le All oF plan Sel Sea aa ay La es tes GI UL Sy sabe eat all etl met ee ele cla nike et ete Soe calls gah a Sly Ugh yk Ld SU 96«Naw, you wait right here till 1 come back: for T want to ¢at barbecue with you. Don’t go with other girls, because I'm mighty jealous; came the incredible words from lips with a dimple on euch side. «Cathleen,» said Scarlett, trying to pull the cor sage of her dress higher, «who 15 that nasty man downstairs named Butler?» 4My dear, don"t you know» whispered Cathl excitedly. | can't imagine how Mr. Wilkes m feel having him here, but he was visiting Mr. Ken nedy in Jonesboro- something about buying ton- and of course, Mr, Kennedy had to bring him along with hime, «What is the matter with him?» «Oh, Scarlett, he has the most terrible reputas tion. He is from Charleston and his folks are som of the nicest people there, but they won't even speak to him. He was expelled from West Point, And then there was that business about the girl lie didn’t marry». aDo tell mets che lab yl ott agel ee glist oVy! A the aye ub ge Ala oo Ga, et at ay), cbs geld ge Ga YP bal Ss a veel bales Sle Goll yesh phe at ls eas vcd CI, et le tke Gall ppl Jet be ce ot OT poked Fyfe hed Ye de cabs Sli, 5) cg date De) Slip sel ry mS aa sm ge Gy eS apter p i Al ua OE than lh ane may Uh gag ape al vay Hhaad gh bey! Op GUN ee Ll ele a I Yl Rady FIST Sa, s Mths Bn ctay bye LET ye sg sole addy vagally a okel gis igs pl Bll Glad aad Nie ald gee cisy«This, Mr, Butler took a Charleston girl out ougey riding. And they stayed out nearly all ni. and walked home finally saying the horse had ru away and they had gotten lost in the woods. Ai guess what... al can't guess. Tell mew «He refused to marry her the next dayly «Oh,» said Scarlett, aher hopes dashed. «He said’ he hadn’t- er- done anything to and he didn’t see why he should marry her. And course, her brother called him out, and Mr, Butler said he'd rather be shot than marry a stupid fool, And sa they fought a duel and Mr. Butler shot the girl's brother and he died, and Mr. Butler had to leave Charleston and now nobody receives him», Scarlett sat on @ high rosewood attoman, under the shade of a huge oak in the rear of the house. She had never been more miserable in her life. In some way that she could not understand, her plans of last night had failed utterly so for as Ashley was concerned. She had attracted other beaux by the dozens, but not Ashley. 104 ae gh OILS ae HS ee ey aoe! Lda ale Noles chal p's Hn Jat Gaal y call lh ay Spe et Le S Sy eed Ola Ol oll Legally Ca otc ele pagel ily Ll o begty De Hegel be yp ol el ve ATM pill a lye ee Gl ats ae elyhel oubey Ngti plor aal pe cag feed ARs ct let lad yet on aly Cesk Ne ole ol a lke FAS Apel ip LS pais hea oT gles aii eels Wight Alem Hh cate ON gle allel Tees Jody pa Seller aad hall pet ley atl eb ob ayy cyl sale gh UR ye tell ee ly Halted ie et nde gle IE ey Ma ORS dell lee oe pili SN ere Sepals Agi aa) Man ae ale alle Op Lbs sl GE ULE ps Uke cate ey Yee aoe ag ye lee Upheld ad plead sal lane el Lt PL a gl ale 4 cal tally Lh 100Ashley had made no attempt to join the circle about her. In fact she had not had a word along with him since arriving. He had come forward to welcome her, but Melanie had been on his a then, Melanie who hardly came up to his shoul She was a tiny, frailly built girl, who gave appearance of a child, almost with frightened in her too large brown eyes. She had smiled with timid liking when she greeted Scarlett and told her how pretty her gree dress was, Since then, Ashley bad sat on a stool al Melanie's feet, apart from the other guests, and talked quietly with her, smiling the slow drow that Scarlett loved, So, Scarlett was miserable. To the outward eye, never had a girl less cause to be miserable, She was undoubtedly the belle at the barbecue, the centre of attention. Charles Hamilton was firmly planted on he night, refusing to be dislodged by the combined ef forts of the Tarleton twins, Scarlett, from time to time, cut her eyes sharply to see if Ashley had tas ken note, But he was playing with the ends of Mel anie’s sash and smiling up at het. Pain twisted) Scarlett’s heart. 403 SOS tN He pe FP pt ples GL AAT pag Dies abt lle a ea eel ae dy ly dae SS phe pei lpi pa GLE ULE I clay Lads J) feat SS als All he ye aso dale Alab ls. hod tera! Gata Und HLS he Cle wag opie cose Yate gb leet ayes ty scttly ec bBo cate bee ey ley cd Le ete AS aay foal pate giles SI el Uy! ance cl tpl ot ne tthe Od tate i Lt eb |San gece fl eka aL SU Ul peat lane Ngfeelate CAR ca pat all AAD dong gS OW ah pall cal i GS ly placal Spey Dis oe pombe opt) cols pe ee les Laity Laat ol) yobala ltt ay SS yas lye Lee ll eV glll poe GY ash ce A aay A oe gaa an AT pe ge he Meds Dee DAS wy allel Le ay OE STAR SIM pats es Ob oly 102As her eyes wandered from Melanie, she cay ght the gave of Rhett Butler, who was not mixing the crowd bui standing apart talking to Joh Wilkes. He had been watching her and when shit looked at him he laughed outright. j Some time dragged by while the sun grew hoi everyone in the grove heard Gerald's voice raised in furious accents: God's nightgown, man! Pray for a peaceabl settlement with the Yankees? After we've fired 91 the rascals at Fort Sumter’ «Oh, my God! He's done it! Now, we'll all i here till midnight». q Charles Hamilton had not risen with the oth and, finding himself clone with Scarlett, he lean closer and whispered a confession «Miss O'Hara: 1-1 had already decided that if wi did fight, I'd go over {o South Carolina and joing troop there, It is said that Mr. Wade Hampton i organizing a cavarly troop. He is a splendid pers and was my father's best friend. If 1 went- wot would you be sorry, Miss O'Hara, would you p mes ul should ery into my pillow every night,» said Scarlett, 405 ct ey ey apes ely wpe ot lacs Ly af et i) EL pe ak) Bes yey tea ply piel chal eae Agl icy ie shee cla spell igle city he ae oy pong gel tenes le gly ple Sipe, tly eke lel oh el Mel Ga eS) SN Ce Lea aT de Ady Fleet py Sle yy 00 pe pot bali 4 ole YI pees BY Nghe Gal Nel We 2a CLI ays, A Sel has pe Gk oli al ee et gl ee I OL Spells Les ols tN yrs lay Har Ma pel Cj ge Lay Od ey Medd ans Oe ee oy Ue Foe at a uy) ah Ot) pb HO le eel Golly tS ee Sl Gell Aig ily BU AN Gi Rte ayy Ole ey al We ape fee ad gly al pel oe Ot fda blag al AU SP Os pale oh cs 104.«Miss O'Hara- 1 must tell you something, I-11 youls Um’ said Scarlett. «Yes! T love you, The most beautiful girl I'v ever known and the sweetest and the kindest I | bectienitiger A Charles stopped, He couldn't really prove Scarlett the depth of his feeling, oy sai Ks sel want t0 marry youn. — AP She wished that she could tell him how silly looked. But automatically, the wor laught her to say in such emerge: rose ta he lips and, casting down her eyes, from force of | habit, she murmured, «Mr, Hamiltom, I am not unaware of the hon+ our you have bestowed on me in wanting me to become your wife, but this is all so sudden that [ don't know what to sayn, ‘That was a neat way of smoothing a man’s vani- ty and yet keeping him, on the string. «] would wait forever! 107 ttle Uh beet shal Ul ag alagl Salt auld sh ede Yctl eth e La ect ethel oF a yl poe oe selet at cps city See ll ye ee I ge GIS ay cla AN ole aL JB SI a dl Hoh Peas QP a ate Tl as AA SUE Neti ole ei a iy Sy aly a ya pS dele CP ameter ell Lal Ups © oP al te Sloss Talal Roy Lal yell ok aga Al ite Ui sayphle st fps (PoE LS, tat cl yi ha: Nel gp Ba st ged ALI Sigal pn ELI Ol ell Ha Gis lash] Sy ay Ble! ae wala NT I) slsA voice rose: It was Jim Tarleton’s, «As! you have not favoured us with your opinion». «Why, gentlemen, if Georgia fights, "ll gO. her. Why clse would I have joined the Troop? } like father, 1 hope the Yankees will let us BOT peace and that there will be no fighting- let's be too hot-headed and let's not have any Most of the misery of the world has been ca’ by wars. And when the wars were over, no ever knew what they were all abouty. ‘The clamour of dissenting voices rose up al Ashley, Under the arbour, the deaf old gentleman from Fayetteville punched India: «What's it all abour?» «War's shouted India. 109 SUE ee Sipe OS pmsl pe ope arg mal Metall gp tes eet ol tlh de SpSled epee cle BY oll igh chloe ol yagi toll aE sls Teed cee BLD Sy pe at eb te ary al Spey pclae ksi (OAD pele cline Of oye Bl poy Cemeily spbuy SUG pe SOLE Lede y asl Lape cay tlh egey NOL Ble le Vy Lye tod le Y small stl NG Ld a lead Ape ae Ilr SMe pmol Le se oe pol Se pl SD i) GSI ee aly *fughints ey fle ble Meo pall get Thad eb pal 108«War, is it% he cried. «l'll tell’um About war, Tve been there. You fire- cating young bucks, lis- Jen ta me you don't want to fight, | fought and I know. Went out in the Seminole War and was a big enough fool to go to the Mexitan War, too You all don’t know what war is. You think it is riding a pretty horse and having the girls throw flowers at you and coming home a hero. Well, it ‘ain't. No, sir! It's going hungry, and getting the measles and pneumonia from sleeping in the wet. «Why, we could lick them in a month!» said Stuart Tarleton, «Gentlemen always fight better than rabblen. «Gentlemen,» said Rhett Butler, «may I say a word? There was contempt in his manner as in his eyes. «Has anyone of you gentlemen ever thought that there's not a cannon factory in the South? Or how few iron found there are in the South? Or woollen mills or cotton factories or tanneries? Have you thought that we would noi have a single war ship and that the Yankee fleet could bottle our har- bours ina week, so that we could not sell our cot- ton abroad’ 111 pe Lee aye AMS ell heer cht Rela athe yest ped pact ge ght aad elt scanty ashe MN lel dys Y geal oll teeta bette Led Geel co tel ee i ted ail soya) Os po pl Lal al oye gb os sl LG Shy fone le 8) A ell ol Oslis pal wed ey VT ple lt dapat apazll Ske ote G8 lal Begs ks hes Ee el BL by als hie ee ee ol che eu eile ol tele oe pail Lala Sylow fell ob ely fatal bg gf Geel tlh de cag erp pitt Ley Mp pega)! Wing Eels dat ol, abet Tle gt ob lel als Lata tlhe Y cece of pb gall Up) Sa ee Pte gel) deel a ge pT IL fay Sill! iS fe TEL y GG peally pT ped poles gl fe piel Upland al ga ily ye Eth ole pent YG TS fomiead ely peed JE pel oil Gla a JL Mg gd anges Leh eter le 410«Why, he means the boys are a passel of Toolst thought Scarlett indignantly, the hot blood coming: to her checks. ‘ Evidently, she was not the only one to whom this idea occurred. «Site said Stuart, «what do you meant Rhett looked at him with polite bur mocking eyes, «] mean,» he answered, «What Napoleon- per- haps you've heard of him? -remarked once, «God is on the side of the strongest battalion!» ‘There was 4 startled silence. ‘The married women called to nurses, and Eroups of girls started off, laughing and talking, toward the house to exchange gossip the upstairs bed- Tooms and to take their naps. Scarlett had made certain that Melanie was lying down on the bed before she slipped into the hall and started down the stairs, Her eyes searched the group, but Ashley was not among them. 113 pall ela) wcll la ARE Lak Stay II Sty cpr ne LL OY ip UE ae hat petra cll A geld ae fae pp chi oS ol ehh he et gil tell tones, HL byl pe Gl tpt Jy peipbly USS ae SI ape ipl ley nl} ay oes oe ie ert EAA 6g tenet, MLD yells aI een SSE lel SAS tell ether il lO] a sha See bby SoMa SS haya le aL Sey, ies wip pen py dans od eal le ll ae 4 Sid A pla og Sey oy Sau cit lly pp cp Hea Bae z OEE oe Aree al jd bs, als pth hg HN easly eee se eos pl bs sot Met sett ete ot AS tT 412Her heart in her throat, she went swiftly down the stairs. Across the wide hall was the open door of the hbrary and she sped inte it noielessly. The library was in semi-darkness, for the blinds had been drawn against the sun. / She closed the door except for a crack and tried to make her heart beat more slowly. She tried to - remember just exactly what she had planned last, night to say to Ashley, but she couldn’t recall any- thing. A sudden cold fright fell upon her. She squeezed her eyes tightly and began gabbling to herself, «Hail Mary, full of grace...» «Why, Scarlett!» said Ashley's voice. «Who are you hiding from- Charles or the Tarletons?» She could not speak, but she put out a hand and drew him inte the room, He entered puzzled. «What is it?» he said, «A secret to tell me? «Yes-a secret, | love yous. For an instant there was a silence so acute that it seemed that neither of them even breathed. 5 Hafiell Geick Ss Uh, as gall hee oly ge ce Up all pepe Epecll HeLa gle nae Tale ot ESE els edd Uy et ol cds boa tll datk ay ale Bh cals i DU BAS oo gags Ol cyhey Ge at Ul es fy pb ded bel gg Sp capes lll ein te Sigh Ugly net gh SH pall Hed. Le ee oll Gaal ange Utterly ene es Lage cp get gt Ses a Gop a gt a kl zt Abad JR Gl they beagle fp op ISN plata oly Yi JO, S66 fe tag Ae) gure dee be TAY Ge ththal gl ye Dee pa weak V eeeel begs Oly te pl tear ale vill coe Re 114ails not it enough that you've collected evi other man’s heart here today?» he said with a ing caressing note in his veice. «Do you want make it unanimous wAshley- Ashley- tell me« you must- oh, don’ tease me now! Have I your heart? Oh, my dear, fo...0 His hand went across her lips, swiftly. «You must not say these things, Scarlett. You must m ‘You don’t mean them, You'll hate yourself for si ing them, and you'll hate me for hearing them!» 4 couldn't ever hate you. I tell you I love yi and I know you must care about me because...» She stopped. Never before had she seen so mi misery in anyone's face. wAshicy, do you care- you do, don't you?» @Y¥esp» he said dryly. al care». She plucked at his sleeve, «Scarlett,» he said, ecan't we go and forget that, we have ever said these things?» wT (leas HY Ned Reg LT By, ST SAL 58 Oe bee el be shel \ WG Bla \ peat Y vagl 0 se gee La Ath Nach eid eee Uy ool a lead ba 1591 Moa a ON eat hes a Ueber Y ool aa Yo of RL eel eee NSH ate fel op head as ts tment gtk Se Uy ithe tol tbl aa) ale sf OT Tad poe Ye Ap pigt a oe Sat ols tbe ol, of ke yl ge el ofS ge city wihd ge Gee ory wel tee HE aie ey ag bt ast cts ote ee UA aye dh (ls ad 9 oe Se Sl we Pe Ll easy Gta ol ey ALLS 116«No, | can't Don't you want to marry me? al am going to marry Melanie, Father is to an~ nounce our engagement tonight. | should have told you, but [ thought you knew». «lf know [ love you». «Love is not enough to make a successful mar- riage when two people are as different as we arc. You would want all of a man, Scarlett, his body, his heart, his soul, his thoughts. And if you did not have them, you would be miserable. And I coulda’t give all of men. «Do you love herts «She is like me, part of my blood, and we under- stand each other. I knew you wouldn't understand. How could I help caring for yous you who have all the passion for life that 1 have not? You who can love and hate with a violence impossible to me?» «Why don’t you say it, you coward! You're afraid to marry me! You'd rather live with that stupid little fool who can’t open her mouth except to say «Yeon, or «Now» «You must not say these things about Melanie». 119 Mpeae bap Wl ghey oye OT pe 5 A ee he Ne cpl ote peaked tUE cals ALL hs] cot Te TU joe Relay ert lagi! fol ge IS ates oll UP coe HU tlle te nee sad earl 8S) Leste tetas telly ce a IG dell ad Les Athy lee Gye wget Le gle sland ol tity : giisaty stage JS tesa! of nately tly Tg ja Stee gts Rl ae ls gil vesall Le agit od ALT el Ulaalite cong a aay aol fen oP by Shes oily plea Hlbal Ol ay Ci wed rence all cal Sigal thee ol thal TLS Yay ee a Sty last get Re Sad kl gl aa a Y Lae Us ON Galtad Y Uo tine a> gs thal fbity Ie ee Tat 5 Ae gelsibeds yo Y oles 118«You coward, you cad, you-. I shall hate you ull T die, you cad- you lowdown-w. He put out his hand toward her and, as he did, she slapped him across the face with all the strength she had. The noise cracked like a whip in the still room and suddenly her rage was gone, and there was desolation im her heart. The red mark of her hand showed plainly on his white tired face. He said nothing, but lifted her limp hand to his lips and kissed it. Then he was gone before she could speak again, closing the door softly behind him. Her hand dropped to a little table beside her, fingering a tiny China rose-bow!, she picked up the bowl and hurled it viciously across the room to- ward the fire place, It dashed against an ald sofa. «This,» said a voice from the depth of the sofa, «is toe muchy. Nothing had ever startled or frightened her so much. She caught hold of the back of the chair, her knees going weak under her, as Rhett Butler rose from the sofa where he had been lying and made her a bow of exaggerated politeness; 121 1s pel te tabi je al A pada ya ay elated tae tay as aay surly 2d ye tat JS ges Gl cates ley 5 ly tlds dope ya lS Sly SA i Uys Seal Agli Ot, TL Opt Sat y cla wap apes gle dn thy slo Leda Ui uy coe tke Mf ee ilt at by bt fee dy acall Tile I ye ae Me gs Oh UL ee at Se cle —eppy aide LI hg ol) ST Fpenee Faedte | EIS a ey Tees Ge SSG a SA ate eed as pps aka gle EG TAL le ol i AS Ma Ye Babll ce pe etal TAD OG oi Le yi be Gite te Say US Lad LS) Cael pe Raley Seals BO ed et eet tL GI te att ey cally 120Tt is bad enough to have an afternoon nap dis- turbed by such a passage as I've been forced to hear, but why should my life be endangered?» aSir, you should have made known your pre- sences, «But you were the intruder, | was forced to wait for Mr. Kennedy». «Sir, you are no gentleman!» she said, «An apt observation,» he answered airily, «And you, Miss, are no lady. Ne one can remain a lady after saying and doing what I have just overheard. However, ladies have seldom held any charms for me. I know what they are thinking, but they never have the courage to say what they think. I fail to understand what charms the clegant Mr. Wilkes ean hold for a girl of your tempestuous nature. He is a poor-spirited wretch...», «You aren't fit to wipe his boots». Tf she could have killed him, she would have done it. Instead, she walked out of the room with such dignity a3 she could summon and banged the heavy door behind her. She felt herself go cold with fear and humiliation. 123 Say placa gD) Aoi Ne fay ot lla alle ae aplem teat lel Sy ope ey pe ted +f Jak Ada ge ge lat al Cay DAS alte al Bel is ke sy till oe pl cl isl gags Lge Else cet HU sell Lyle calls eR gah daily cold ye ad ae coe el Ae fae aT ORY) he ee Oi dle lle gel apd ee eddy SU a Heed ached ay ay ie Ge mgil GL pee La cell she al Sa ete El pel ob het Y eSly sulle! ss DN tage ta 8 AGI GAN algal 5S alt ote eel cate Milde put OT pac Ya cee a ag cag LS eat of cote I) HUN etley Sy ols ca Ul ot fs dean Bal oe PY GD Up sal ol oe de at aE gil 122‘For the moment, Ashley as Ashley was forgot- ten. Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room im her hot heart now for any- thing but hate. Dreamlike trance shattered like crystal before reality, As she turned, she saw Charles coming into the house from the other end of the long hall, When he saw her, he hurried toward her: «Shall we go sit on the bench?» “ “! She nodded. San a a ee € Aa J sAWill you wait for me, Nery é «1 wouldn't want 10 wait,» she sai Le #You will harry me soon, Miss Scarlets. my he «Um.» she said. if " «When may [speak to your fathers «The sooner the better,» she said. «I'll go now and find your father», «Yes,» she said, oll wait here», 125 Of Aad A ag pe aay di oka ell pe elle el le Lak jy Aly pl OY pal SUR ee et MT Slee pl Gli dey oly UM te le LIS lane 9-9 ce Oa a ae ler ol) ee cued al Lay Lape bil ee A oP es Yi TMG beg bee hdadedl de ple! Lad Sat iil Wel, SLyb PAIR RT pee gdm bt het of ay Ye Yaa y eH ATM betel a all yg ce fo pile seb ene pore pele es! Habel ll ie St ie Sally ely OY) asl vmod parce os pele 124Chapter 5 Within two weeks Scarlett had become a wife, and within two months more she was a widow, Widowhood had crowded closely on the heels of marriage but, ‘her dismay, motherhood soon fol lowed. ie p The South was intoxicated with enthusiasm a excitement. Everyone knew that one battle woul end the war and every young man hastened to es list before the war should end- hastened to ma his sweetheart before he rushed off to virginia wo ‘atrike a blow at the Yankees. There 7 war weddings in the Country and there was lit time for sorrow of parting, for everyone was too busy and excited for either solemn thoughts o: tears. The ladies were making uniforms, knitting socks and rolling bandages, and the men were dril- ling and shooting. : A week after the wedding Charles left to join Colonel Wade Hampton, and two weeks later, Ashley and the Troop departed. 427 (uel Jacl US ay hes EU al et peed Uy dey pl dal ple asa tle aa) abt mel rete cle gl ya asi anes LoS OS Aa ay Lobel ope gam gh J zie! als ted ED eh ete tty Se OF play pat IF call Lad galego ot LS gle Gl ole US slate B gd tome somlle Geach ob Jo Gee las! Sippel cil) cpr eel Mee GIS gga tM lt typ ated BN ald cg Se canta MEA oF py stabttall SASH OS Yin a Slag Y allb dae LAE eel les sath sae oleh Saree pls ad Le OLN caged alah Bags lett 4 OP PU SSEY he A a oy) Sh Ga Gls Ja ple tebeli sy cinta any iby tT ay God pb sO peel tos 126Five weeks passed during which letters, shy, ec- static, loving came from Charles in South Carolina telling of his love, his plans for the future when the war was over, his desire to become a hero for her sake and his worship of his commander, Wade Hampton. In the seventh week, there came a kind, dignified letter of condolence, from Colonel Hamp- ton himself. Charles was dead, In due time, Charles’ son was born and, because it was fashionable to name boys after their fathers’ commanding officers, he was called Wade Hamp. ton. She had not wanted him and she resented his coming and, now that he was here, it didn’t seem possible that he was here, a part of her. Though she recovered physically from Wade's birth in a short time, mentally she was dazed and sick. Her spirits dropped, despite the efforts of the whole plantation to revive them. She did not tell them that it was utter boredom, bewilderment at actually being a mother and, most of all, the ab- sence of Ashley that made her look so woebegone. 129 PD Ye tlt oI cls A) ay ed Tees ys iptie gh aye ll GLE ope Dyenell got ede dh i Lk oy el pty am ye sell ce opty gel oo Slay eas oT ay all BEI ey Uebel pe By Dyale ey ata wie AB i Sle La SI oe Ly yj Ly gules SESLS talell Oh Lasy c jLet gl Ay aden sept as Ugh paste UE el Si tld ploy pa Gena aes GSE Opole yy CUA Si pa a eal aly poke ay OV ya SU ca ee sly je aly lay ol Ganal SH ay Ny BP le He pele cial Ugly ein) ie ioe el a ee tp oes cep fall Oe pa Nelle al ape coe pall gle ever op te Od pat al hed gh ghia phy Wel ey Ll tah peel Gis co ee aly yl AL, a Ue (GN La 128So, Scarlett went off with ber child, first to visit her O'Hara and Robillard relatives in Savannah, and then to Ellen's sisters in Charleston, But she was back at Tara a month before Ellen expected her, with no explanation of her returt. Then she packed again her mourning clothes and off she went to Atlanta with Wade Hampton and his nurse Prissy, She thought Aunt Pitty the silliest of old ladies and the very idea of living un- der the same roof with Ashley's wife was abhor-~ rent. But the County with its memories was impossible now, and any change was welcome. 134 ce Geil yh Day Gd Uglies dM i 1 By ORS lh pt gay Uh tty (ylayl obs lll ae pl Ae LL Il ale Yi) YE Aaya QUE ots Litas ek car) allay ase ip alti Acad AR tee NS ay py ae Ogle ay Lgl ay est LAS Pinel MI al ga PL er tRb ely Gb a dey) a RU cy SD gps abe be pe Lely debi 5) ay sot gl Coy as I i ee 130Chapter 6 Scarlett stood on the lower step of the train. hesitated, unwilling to soil her slippers and h and looked about for Miss Pittypat. But as Scarl searched anxiously, a spare old negro came towar her through the mud, his hat in his hand: «Dis Miss Scarlett, ain't it? Dis hyah Peter, Mi Pitty’s Coachman». He picked Scarlett up with case. She recall what Charles had said about Uncle Peter. aHic went through all the Mexican compaigi with father, nursed him when he was wounded-in fact, he saved his life. Uncle Peter practical: raised Melanie and me, for we were very young when father and mother died». aMiss Pitty in a siate bekase she din’ come ter mect you. She’s feared you mout not unnerstandn. 133 esa fev SAAB Abad LN GW eal bel LDA cay les Ys a el lle ot a) ne UP aa 3, ee A ge bes OI ay dhe lag PP deal pe slag (ae GB Sa a dy ee el ll re Saad Se Bl sa pe CI TUS LY gfe mY) BHA UE LG Shy oly By Pet, wl, sAopthge ta OS em athe AL lt ee UIE sully iy ala aol i Fa pal ol ce AN ot 8 tae PF cee er agin OE ee ay OF ed le Mae tally EY pti Ut ee el le at aot LY Sfp oe gop ol Lo ay 132From the minute the fighting first began, Ailanta’ had been transformed. The same railroads which had made the town the crossroads of commerce in time of peace were now of vital strategic impor linked both of the armies with the deeper Soutl from which they drew their supplies. Now, in sponse to the needs of war, Atlanta had beco manufacturing centre, a hospital base, and one the South's chief depots for the collecting of foot and supplies for the armies in the field. The South produced statesmen and soldier: planters and doctors, lawyers and pocts, but tainly not engineer or mechanics. Byt now Confederate ports were stoppered with Yankee gunboats, only a trickle of blockade-run goods 7 slipping in From Europe, and the South was des rately trying to manufacture her own war mat als. As they progressed down the street Scarle bubbled over with questions, and Peter answ ther, pointing here and there with his whip, prot to display his own knowledge. 135 te dle oe ell oe ed seen ll Attell USI Sel ged. aS te J Lal stl pl pe lee LN ld ble (yes Es eal op fale tl col 3 st Sadie Soll sie I p etsy skal Aaa obey dle ly altel Gp sie Lane Ty Lots Us one oad Oe Gy hele y pedal peed cpl eld eal dels dell hell Bt poll eapeeedly lel hes ope pt Sl ptt coll by Sets DM cole tlly Creal aly alebeMly cyt pally Srl a re AU pay perigee Ve, repthe che Tagen We epee peed spite ct dhe AT he i gb ll gs lat cay yell chee ner peall OLS y less sT pe St JEAN rt culls wee Haye alge got ering be aca Lal baygee wt A See ge cel pe Ge til Olas US LG, hele calel 2 AE oo A se ete el ately aglaw tie Tp ghd catia 134a... Miss Scarlett, mek-yo, cu'tsy. Dar's Merriwether an’ Miss Elsing a-bowin’ to youn. So she turned quickly where Uncle Peter pointed and bowed. These two ladies with a third, Mrs. Whitii were the pillars of Atlanta. They ran the thi churches. al told Pitty I had to have you in my hospi called Mrs. Merniwhether, smiling. The houses were farther and farther apart no and leaning out Scarlett saw the red-brick ai slate roof of Miss Pittypat’s house. On the froml sieps stood two women in black and behind thet a large yellow woman. So, Scarlett had come to Atlanta with no idea ai to how long she would remain. But no sooner she arrived than Aunt Pitty and Melanie beg compaign to induce her to make her home perma nently with them. They wnated her for her o self because they loved her. They were lonely ant often frightened at night in the big house, and sh was so brave she gave them courage. She was $0 charming that she cheered them in their sorrow. 137 AR Ga (peel Oh eee LT Ly ag lal Foal AU Shades focally Sap Fat all Ul kel all Spell pe eye, ciel Anal Lag! cee} SGT aaneT Glad delay Ey ght ootle 8 Ryle Feel eI he Keath cul aly Se te UE ye a Ly Rake ha GA ite I tL coh ee NR cay a lpaday pe Leeks os] OF) coped) el see tgs pe le nal ie ol Le fel adel AFF Ole ity ALYY LN Slee ley OU tals ae it oe Rely ES ladys LT ly IS cate Likay scloy ULL tgtdy «. Elk dn, Yonica 2h da gH Gata Mapes GAL Lyell OV ghar okay es taal ol ce Las its aad total Lg Gaul Latol,f ual athe dy yeay le ANS CAS) «pS jell lin Seti sie Ps Eyal GG gb co edly Hobe ope lai Semel Last Le glee Le Reilly lel ge si gle Sus vagal day abjally 136Charles’ Uncle, Henry Hamilton, also talked iously to her on this subject. He liked Scarlett mediately, He was trustee, not only of Pitty’s a Melanie's estates, but also of that left to Sca: Q by Charles. It came io Scarlett as a pleasant st prise that she was now a well- to- do young man. For Charles had left her half of Aunt Pit t house, farm lands and town property. And stores and warchouses along the railroad track. «When Wade Hampton comes of age, he | Boing to be a rich young man,» he said. Scarlett smiled but said nothing, unwilling t commit herself before learning how she would Ij Atlanta and constant association with her in-la Moreover, now that she was away trom Tata, sh missed it dreadfully, missed the red fields and the Ereen cotton and the sweet twilight silences. Fo! the first time she realized dimly what Gerald ha meant when he said that the love of the land was. in her blood. In Miss Pitty's house Scarlett, thanks to Melanie and others, felt at ease-and pleased. The home in which Charles grew to manhood was as soft as a bird's nest. Charles’ people did their best to make her happy. Se ety AIST pe od plata yg pal Mga Gedecy AS, gel Gaga I eel ual bell ot SY MAG SS bey heey ae HG le Lay ge eal pv ob AR a0 ae cals a i scr sls wha UA bed ea ey i Lt as ol Il Sry chal A BUY) py Lely tly all oe Apel RL Ge yb de ete dole Mla Yony pete dey Sy Laie ge eal ly Sb Oy patty Cle Woy lt gad ele so pf gel cheats pelt Lg UL, gas BLOTY sles 5 Uy lyse GK sy taal ob LGYI SE ely UU pe te el Le pg lS Sade cal) Rey all git collet ad) Ul ey dpe Mab pepe Les conti LS na slid) Ay ot pel Uae Ub Gay Usk Gd Sy ole. wei Batt ts nm OL UE yee Bee the be etl a lgtlas Talal y Lol My st Ne pe ge Lal pee ly Le gy eo Boke ll apa Us yh ual, SA Aad ple Ao foe ale OWS le A ty GL ol Gale AT id gee be IS LL atte a al 138In such a house Scarlett came buck to he! and her spirits rose to normal, But no one co! fake out of her heart the ache that throbbed ever Ashley's name was mentioned. And Mel; mentioned it so often! But Melanie and Pitty tireless in planning ways to soothe the sorrow der which they thought she laboured. They pt their own grief into the background. Little Wat was no longer an annoyance, for the family, black and white, and the neighbours idolized him a d there was a mever-ceasing rivalry as to whose he should occupy. Atlanta was more interesting than Savannah Charleston or Tara and it offered so many stran, war-time occupations. But, sometimes, when she blew out the candle and burrowed her head into” the pillow, she sighed and thought: «If only Ashley wasn't married! Oh, if only 1 could have some beaux!» Certainly there was nothing romantic about nur- sing. To her it meant groans, delirium, death, and smells, The hospitals were filled with dirty, bewhis kered, verminous men who smelled terribly and bore on their bodies wounds hideous enough to turn the stomach. ‘ a 144 Lyon atl y Meee I aI cake gel Mia oy AS gl SAIN jog Gh plead ted pe Le domed ag wa SG be ipa ge cay Gg dS LS th ga el poled ee de Pe MSA Me ee pe dy Ul oe ey HIS eg) ike Lagi Eady a) oped A je a BU ee ON Lyd pled pee petal dey tes os cle Cm nped ab Steel sey copepods ce teal 1 begaanticae inert Abia he PUBL SLY ye ALS, tae pol taal op UY cs Regal Gall file a pth ald aby Qt ae gL hgcnact athe faim Ue poe gd eS 1S Sly ped ey Bp ge lel de lel lls ay abel oi ws ld ae ne Ql ce mt aft G vat Bike ds) paeegy gt le tal all See Gh el Shekels WMD ns gatas as steaetiy JLAIL egal Day fy Sa etal CRE ye SN ly bce pally Pipa, LL any palsy pepe uaa cally pal ist cipnty tae lr ol as Gk ple ie patel a 140Flies, mosquitoes and gnats hovered in droning, | singing swarms over the wards, and Scarlett scra ching her own mosquito bites, swung the fan until her shoulders ached and she wished that all t men were dead. Melanie, however, did not seem to mind the smells, the wounds or the nakedness, which Scar- Jett thought strange in one who the most timorous and modest of women, She was gentle, sympathetic and cheerful, and the men in the hospitals called her an angel of merey. Sippel lly peal AA spe cl pt cil Pr cute cus isl yaa ol al pe al we ee le ial oles tl yt Le Ute et Oye Sle Ml cee al yl coed clay cls esi Mall ple oe ely edt tl oe at ghee AS a Hy Ue ph Ce fae bee goals cla be eal aid Linky Hee natty oll cpt ye Ue aa be La ye gen cdengey ye Ela! Rial he Rea eee ee reeChapter 7 Scarlett sat in the window of her berdroom thét midsummer morning and watched the wigons a eartiages full of girls, soldiers and chaperons ri Baily in scarch of wooldand decorations for the ba- zaar which was to be held that evening for the ben« efit of the hospitals, They all Waved and called to her as they went by and she tried to respond with good grace, but it was difficult. Everyhody was Boing to the picnic cx- cept her. Oh, it wasn’t fair that she should have a dead husband, a baby yelling in the next room, and be out of everything that was pleasant, Her bowing and waving were abruptly. halied when Pittypat entered the room: «Have you lost your mind, honey, waving at men out of your bedroom window? I declare, Scar- Jett, I'm shocked! What would your mother say? «Well, they didn't know it was my bedroom. I'm sorry, Auntie, don't ery! I won't do it again, | wish I was going, I'm so tired of sitting at homen. 145. \ ahi eel a 2 si ciemall gil gee Sg Seb pci cle ie Pall shite!) LA AF els splell te . 3 Za6 pe gt ete oll lhe lly any tele “f 2 meet ey Thendl slag! hel dew Ps ee aate paella plea GRAN Signe capt alley SL! Se) ge cot yo a Cats oe Ugh Gp phe RT Ge Ss oe Gye : LeU air enerena ele, a} al Ladey ge IL ap db geen Oe eae Barats ald Ly cee rd dary 3 O55 ol all nop \ i Sly viyslmall 3] pb Racal cane Le IS pe Say eme GSS Oly stad oe ie Met Gas Phe ee hei sem tyes) Lady purples Rell ay gee cathy thy Gait " telly vai all wk ge Teall cleo seg BB TE op etl ge git Wo j SMekad pe ile Venn a lh path tet pe le aa I poe Lgl eS tgun Vovgaee RT GT oe tell pat be i Pas i cme et gti eae a fa ; ee . et a= ae cei pl ce at) tale ee oe«Scarlett, promise me you wan't say things hk, that. People would say you didn't have the proper respect for poor Charlic...», f Melanie rustled in from her room: i iy» «Dear, don’t cry! Try lie loved you! Try dl to think how much Char- ink of pour darling baby». ae 2 Deliverance came in er form. ee pan when, in the afternoon, Mrs. _ t eee Mer= riwether called on Pi re Fg ee «Mrs, Bonnell’s children ry measles, Mrs, Merriwether. wAnd the Melure girls have sane to Virgi nia, Dalls Mclure is wounded,» said a «Pitty, we need you and Melly tonight t ‘Mrs, Bonnell's and the Mclure girls, places», «Qh, but, Dolly, we can't go». «Don't say «can’t» to me, Pittypat Hamilton, we need you to watch the darkies with the refresh- menis,» said Mrs. Merriwethcr. 447 Spier A ae dS tl Ye Yok poe ei pS ey) e SH pal dotiacs Vito! 1 Bes vag) \ Ag gia oe AS ell the Ss ated ord GSB thing OS Sy JT BESET ea? Spell cide ce tly Tat IAB wag ot pt le Pell oly Ran iplep) penal dee ds gy Rel] OE ola ge edt al oe Mn gel yee bye Saat JT eT le eee ad Sa cota ol Ls oak a tt cin), ee ge le ee tel eel eed SPA po iter Mile > i 1a hh dah 1s Vee ys oly cage eis No ue es Ser che pias «Lah pan gle pts beSall ee capil ee igyeaall cil ally Gils pha 146al think we should go,» said Scarlett. «lt is t least we can do for the hospital», «Well,» began Melly helplessly. «Scarlett is right,» said Mrs. Merriwether, «Now, Pitty don’t start your excuses again. Just think how much the hospital needs money for mi beds and drugs, And 1 know Charlie would like you to help the Cause he died form. Scarlett sank down on one of the little stools hind the counter of the booth and looked up ani dawn the long hall. When first she looked at th crowd, Scarlett’s heart had thump-thumped wil the unaccustomed excitement of being at a party. — Then she realized that she did not share wit! these women their fierce pride, their desire to sacri fice themselves and everything they had for thi ‘Cause. She Knew the Cause meant nothing at all her. The Cause didn't seem sacred to her. The war did not seem to be holy affair, She must go on making a pretence of enthusiasm and pride in the Cause. 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