Unsolicited Writings

Oh, Scarlett, I dont know how I shallever write Ashley!
In addition tothe defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the center of the
Southernline had caved. Scarlett thought that was justfoolishness.
Shoesand clothing for the army were scarce, ordnance supplies and drugswere scarcer.
But when we lose a man, hecant be replaced. Meade feltabout him and how bitter Fanny
was against any man not in uniform. And Scarlett,flying up the stairs with a hot
brick wrapped in flannel, foundRhett patting her hand.
Iguess Im your auntie and I know whats what.
Iguess Im your auntie and I know whats what. Then you must take better care of
yourself.
Just how he started it,she never exactly understood.
Scarlettwanted to giggle at her discomfiture, for Rhett had caught herfairly.
They had little to share with the prisoners. Oh, how could he, when he loved herand
not Melanie? His new coat did not fit very well, for the tailor had been hurriedand
some of the seams were awry.
They had little to share with the prisoners.
They will drive them out of Georgia in oneskirmish.
I would rather know he was dead at RockIsland than hear he had taken that oath.
Washe delirious with pneumonia and no blanket to cover him? Oh, Ashley, promise me
you wont give them away!
Therewas always trouble when he was present.
Meade and Melanie andAunt Pitty and Fanny, and tried to hope that Scarlett really
meantit.
The thing thatmattered was for the war to finish quickly and for Ashley to comehome.
It hurt so terribly to cry, but not so much as not beingable to cry. After she had
nodded, itdid not seem so dreadful, for he looked so kind and so concerned. Oh,
Ashley, she whispered happily, thrilling at his words and histouch on her face.
Wilkes, he questioned abruptly, you are going to have ababy, are you not? They died
to the last man at Thermopylae, didnt they, Doctor? No, Scarlett, no, he said in a
low voice, holding her crossedwrists in a grip that hurt.
Ladies now wore gaiters made oftheir old wool shawls and cut-up carpets.
She wanted to praybut she could not raise her eyes to Heaven.
Theunravaged state was a vast granary, machine shop and storehouse forthe Confederacy.
Scarlettwanted to giggle at her discomfiture, for Rhett had caught herfairly.
And I was so afraid that maybe I wasnt ever going to have one and,darling, I want a
dozen!
She was sure of that now, andthis conviction was so pleasant she could even be
kinder toMelanie