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[Douglas Mcdowell]

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.
You know you need a doctor as muchas anybody in the hospital.
Then a strangely incongruous sight struck her eyes. Melanie reached out and took Scarletts hand in a gentle confidingclasp.
ButJonesboro was scarcely more than ten miles below Rough and Ready.
Come in, she invited, turning awkwardly on her side. Andif you dont hurry back this time, Ill skin you alive.
You know how busy he is, howbusy they all are. I dont know what theyll do with the wounded.
She shook her until the kinky head rocked drunkenly.
Meade bit his lip and his jaw hardened as his face went coolagain.
Who was left in town among theirfriends who would be helpful?
Melanie would die and she hadwished that she would die.
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.
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.
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.
Ellen looked after sick people and madethem well again.
She hesitated again before going upstairs toMelanie.
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.
A dispatch came in to headquarters half anhour ago from the fighting at Jonesboro.
Wipe your eyes and get a fresh pitcher of water and go on up.
Negroeswere always so proud of being the bearers of evil tidings. And Gerald couldnt possibly refugee out of their waywith three sick women.
And dont you tell her that the otherdoctors wouldnt come either. 
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