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Waiting at the foot of the gangplankOr if you'd like some cooler air
off the water there's a boat over at the next wharf south that goes up
the riverThere was a big civil war in America some ten years back
You can see the ruins of big mansion houses burnt by the armies
fighting over themYou'd have to hurry, though, she leaves in forty
minutes Scarlett tried to eat a piece of toast, but it stuck in her
throatThe gilded clock on the desk ticked the minutes awayIt
sounded very loud to herAt the end of a half hour she jumped up
"I'm going out, Bridie, but don't you dare stir a stepOpen the
portholes, use that palmetto fan over there, but you and Cat stay in
here with the
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you want to eat and drink
"Where are you going, Scarlett?"
"Never mind about thatI'll be back before the ship sails The
excursion boat was a small rear-wheel paddle boat painted in bright
red, white, and blueIts name, in gold letters, was Abraham
Lincoln
Scarlett remembered it wellShe'd seen it passing Dunmore Landing
July was not a month when many people toured the SouthShe was
one of
only a dozen passengersShe sat under an awning on the upper deck
fanning herself and cursing mourning dress for its long-sleeved,
high-necked sweltering effect in the Southern summer heatA man in
a
tall top hat striped red and white bellowed commentary through a
megaphoneIt
gold gucci watches made her angrier by the minuteLook at all those
fat-faced Yankees, she thought with hatred, they're just lapping this
upCruel slave owners, indeed! Sold down the river, my foot! We
loved our darkies just like family, and some of them owned us more
than
we owned themUncle Tom's CabFiddle-dee-dee! No decent person
would
read that kind of trashShe wished she hadn't given in to the impulse
to comeIt w only going to upset herIt was already upsetting her,
and they weren't even out of the harbor and into the Ashley River
yet
Mercifully, the commentator ran out of things to say and for a long
while the only sound was the thunk-thunk of the pistons and the
splash
of water as it fell from the wheelMarsh grass was green
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both sides with wide moss-hung oaks on the riverbank behind it
Dragonflies darted through the midge-dancing air above the grass;
occasionally a fish leapt from the water, then flopped back in
Scarlett sat quietly, removed from the other passengers, nursing her
rancorRhett's plantation was ruined, and he was doing nothing to
save itCamellias! At Ballyhara, she had hundreds of acres of
healthy crops where she had found rank weeds
And she had rebuilt an entire town, while he just sat and stared at his
burnt chimneysThat's why she had come on the paddleboat, she told
herselfIt would make her feel good to see how far she was
outstripping himScarlett tensed before each bend, relaxed when it
was past and
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BaronyJulia Ashley's big square brick house looked magnificently
forbidding in the center of its unadorned lawn"This is the only
plantation the heroic Union forces did not destroy," bawled the man in
the absurd hat"It was not in the tender heart of their commander to
injure the frail spinster woman who lay ill inside
Scarlett laughed aloud"Frail spinster," indeed! Miss Julia must
have scared the pants off him! The other passengers looked at her
curiously, but Scarlett was unaware of their scrutinyThe Landing
would be next Yes, there was the phosphate mineSo much
bigger!
There were five barges being loadedShe searched under the
wide-brimmed hat of the man on the
lady dior dock