Oh, Ashley, she thought, I hope you are dead! Wades
pinched face rose upbefore her eyes. It would be the longest walk she had ever taken
in her life, butwalk it she would.
Besides, there was some pleasure in shouting at
people and knowingthey were afraid. It was beyond their comprehension that an
OHaralady should do manual labor.
Yasm, dat hawse daid, lyin dar whar Ah tie him wid
his nose inde water bucket he tuhned over. But no one talkedback to Scarlett these
days.
I think you are lying and trying to frighten us.
The onlytime crying ever did any good was when there was a man around fromwhom you
wished favors. For tis the only thing in the world that lasts . It wasbeyond their
comprehension that they no longer had a hundred slavesto do the work. That was
littlemore than the shiftless Slatterys raised. By God, this wasone Yankee who would
do no more stealing! Like lightning, she shoved her weapon over the banisters and
intothe startled bearded face.
To make matters worse,there was the question of
taxes.
And she and Gerald could turn to Uncle James and
Andrew. Malign fate had broken their necks, perhaps, but never theirhearts. Besides,
there was some pleasure in shouting at people and knowingthey were afraid. I think
you are lying and trying to frighten us.
Scarlett dropped her head on her armsand struggled
not to cry.
And she looked as if she took a pleasure insaying
such awful things.
I think you are hateful to talk to Baby and me like
this! She took the gourdfrom between the glass and bottle and looked in
it.
But datcotton ain wuth foolin wid, cause ain but
bout three balesover dar. Until the thunders of the siege began, he had never known
anythingbut a happy, placid, quiet life.
For tis the only thing in the world that lasts
She was not blind to the fact that her personality
waschanging. Miss Scarlett, ef Ah doan have mo in mah stummick, Ah kain splitno
wood. Besides, there was some pleasure in shouting at people and knowingthey were
afraid. Now, Wade, if I ever catch you on Auntees bedagain, Ill wear you out. Time
and again, Ellen had said: Be firm but be gentle withinferiors, especially darkies.
Evidently the Wilkes negroes had taken flight or followed theYankees.
Corn and cotton seed for next springsplanting, and
new clothes too.
For tis the only thing in the world that lasts
I think you are lying and trying to frighten us.
Scarlett found that it relieved her overwroughtnerves.
A small fiend with a pair of hot tweezers plucked
behind Scarlettseyeballs.
But anyone at Tara who wont workcan go hunt up the
Yankees.
These days Scarlett hardly thought of Wade as a
person.