Mammy had only tolay hands on a child and it hushed
crying. The town she was now seeing was like a babygrown overnight into a busy,
sprawling giant. As for Uncle Peter, he took it for granted that Scarlett had cometo
stay.
When Wade Hampton comes of age, hes going to be a
rich youngman, he said. Charles words were confirmed as Peter climbed onto the box
andtook the whip.
Visitors added excitement and varietyto the
slow-moving Southern life and they were always welcome.
Itirritated her so much that during one formal call
she apedGeralds brogue to her aunts distress.
Soot from the newly erectedfactories fell in
showers on the white houses. It wassuch a quiet, old-fashioned, gentle home compared
with Tara. Melly and Iwould feel so much easier and safer if Scarlett were with us.
Why was the place so differentfrom the other Georgia towns?
And, most dreadful of all, they could in noway
indicate an interest in the company of gentlemen.
Prissy was not the mostadequate of nurses. Born of
a railroad, Atlanta grew as its railroads grew. Scarlett exercised the same charms
as Melanie butwith a studied artistry and consummate skill.
Every foot of ground, every tree and brook, every
laneand bridle path reminded her of him. Of course, there is my brother Henry but he
does not make his homewith us.
Of course, the towncouldnt do without
you.
They put their own grief into the backgroundin
order to divert her. Scarlett looked about her for the little town she remembered
sowell.
Dars MissMerriwether an Miss Elsing a-bowin to you.
And thenits generally to some desperate old widower with a largeplantation and a
dozen children. Nom, Ah kain stop fer youter look around.