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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Youve been saying you kneweverything about birthing
babies. Dey wukin in de horsepittle lak dey all done gonecrazy. She hadbeen counting
on Prissy to handle the situation if no doctor shouldbe available.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You know you need a doctor as muchas anybody in the
hospital.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then a strangely incongruous sight struck her eyes.
Melanie reached out and took Scarletts hand in a gentle confidingclasp.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ButJonesboro was scarcely more than ten miles below
Rough and Ready.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Come in, she invited, turning awkwardly on her
side. Andif you dont hurry back this time, Ill skin you alive.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You know how busy he is, howbusy they all are. I
dont know what theyll do with the wounded.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>She shook her until the kinky head rocked
drunkenly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Meade bit his lip and his jaw hardened as his face
went coolagain.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who was left in town among theirfriends who would
be helpful?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Melanie would die and she hadwished that she would
die.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There had been stimulation in the noise and the
danger ofthe shelling. Hegathered the reins again and put on his hat. Rain, she
thought in the first moment, and her country-bred mindadded, we certainly need
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At Wesley Chapel, she paused to catch her breath
and wait for herhammering heart to subside. Anything wasbetter than being tied here
waiting for a baby that took such along time coming. Little children hurried bytheir
sides, staggering under buckets of steaming molasses. Theyare very ill but we must
hope for the best.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some lay stiffand still but many writhed under the
hot sun, moaning. But to Scarlett, sick for her mothers safety,fighting to the south
only meant fighting near Tara. The messagewas from General Hardee and it said: I
have lost the battle andam in full retreat. Her heart began to pound and new life
came into herlimbs. Maybe General Hood would give me an escort.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ellen looked after sick people and madethem well
again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>She hesitated again before going upstairs
toMelanie.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When he saw her, his face puckered and he began to
cry,holding up a grubby bruised finger. There had always been friends, neighbors,
the competent handsof willing slaves.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A dispatch came in to headquarters half anhour ago
from the fighting at Jonesboro.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wipe your eyes and get a fresh pitcher of water and
go on up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Negroeswere always so proud of being the bearers of
evil tidings. And Gerald couldnt possibly refugee out of their waywith three sick
women.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And dont you tell her that the otherdoctors wouldnt
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