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“Well,let's go over to Cade Calvert's and have supper.Scarlett said Cathleen was home from Charleston.Maybe she'll have some news about Fort Sumter that we haven't heard.”

“Not Cathleen.I'll lay you two to one she didn't even know the fort was out there in the harbor,much less that it was full of Yankees until we shelled them out.All she'll know about is the balls she went to and the beaux she collected.”

“Well,it's fun to hear her gabble.And it'll be somewhere to

hide out till Ma has gone to bed.”

“Well,hell!I like Cathleen and she is fun and I'd like to hear about Caro Rhett and the rest of the Charleston folks;but I'm damned if I can stand sitting through another meal with that Yankee stepmother of hers.”

“Don't be too hard on her,Stuart.She means well.”

“I'm not being hard on her.I feel sorry for her,but I don't like people I've got to feel sorry for.And she fusses around so much,trying to do the right thing and make you feel at home,that she always manages to say and do just exactly the wrong thing.She gives me the fidgets!And she thinks Southerners are wild barbarians.She even told Ma so.She's afraid of Southerners.Whenever we're there she always looks scared to death.She reminds me of a skinny hen perched on a chair,her eyes kind of bright and blank and scared,all ready to flap and squawk at the slightest move anybody makes.”

“Well,you can't blame her.You did shoot Cade in the leg.”

“Well,I was lickered up or I wouldn't have done it,”said Stuart.“And Cade never had any hard feelings.Neither did Cathleen or Raiford or Mr.Calvert.It was just that Yankee stepmother who squalled and said I was a wild barbarian and decent people weren't safe around uncivilized Southerners.”

“Well,you can't blame her.She's a Yankee and ain't got very good manners;and,after all,you did shoot him and he is her stepson.”

“Well,hell!That's no excuse for insulting me!You are Ma's own blood son,but did she take on that time Tony Fontaine shot you in the leg?No,she just sent for old Doc Fontaine to dress it and asked the doctor what ailed Tony's aim.Said she guessed licker was spoiling his marksmanship.Remember how mad that made Tony?”

Both boys yelled with laughter.

“Ma's a card!”said Brent with loving approval.“You can always count on her to do the right thing and not embarrass you in front of folks.”

“Yes,but she's mighty liable to talk embarrassing in front of Father and the girls when we get home tonight,”said Stuart gloomily.“Look,Brent.I guess this means we don't go to Europe.You know Mother said if we got expelled from another college we couldn't have our Grand Tour.”

“Well,hell!We don't care,do we?What is there to see in Europe?I'll bet those foreigners can't show us a thing we haven't got right here in Georgia.I'll bet their horses aren't as fast or their girls as pretty,and I know damn well they haven't got any rye whisky that can touch Father's.”

“Ashley Wilkes said they had an awful lot of scenery and music.Ashley liked Europe.He's always talking about it.”

“Well—you know how the Wilkes are.They are kind of queer about music and books and scenery.Mother says it's because their grandfather came from Virginia.She says Virginians set quite a store by such things.”

“They can have'em.Give me a good horse to ride and some good licker to drink and a good girl to court and a bad girl to have fun with and anybody can have their Europe....What do we care about missing the Tour?Suppose we were in Europe now,with the war coming on?We couldn't get home soon enough.I'd heap rather go to a war than go to Europe.”

“So would I,any day Look,Brent!I know where we can go for supper.Let's ride across the swamp to Able Wynder's place and tell him we're all four home again and ready for drill.”

“That's an idea!”cried Brent with enthusiasm.“And we can hear all the news of the Troop and find out what color they finally decided on for the uniforms.”

“If it's Zouave,I'm damned if I'll go in the Troop.I'd feel like a sissy in those baggy red pants.They look like ladies'red flannel drawers to me.”

“Is y'all aimin'ter go ter Mist’Wynder's?'Cause ef you is,you ain'gwine git much supper,”said Jeems.“Dey cook done died,an'dey ain'bought a new one.Dey got a fe'el han'cookin',an'de niggers tells me she is de wustest cook in de state.”

“Good God!Why don't they buy another cook?”

“Huccome po'w'ite trash buy any niggers?Dey ain'never owned mo'n fo'at de mostes'.”

There was frank contempt in Jeems'voice.His own social status was assured because the Tarletons owned a hundred negroes and,like all slaves of large planters,he looked down on small farmers whose slaves were few.

“I'm going to beat your hide off for that,”cried Stuart fiercely.“Don't you call Abel Wynder ‘po’white.’Sure he's poor,but he ain't trash;and I'm damned if I'll have any man,darky or white,throwing off on him.There ain't a better man in this County,or why else did the Troop elect him lieutenant?”

“Ah ain'never figgered dat out,mahseff,”replied Jeems,undisturbed by his master's scowl.“Look ter me lak dey'd 'lect all de awficers frum rich gempmum,'stead of swamp trash.”

“He ain't trash!Do you mean to compare him with real white trash like the Slatterys?Able just ain't rich.He's a small farmer,not a big planter,and if the boys thought enough of him to elect him lieutenant,then it's not for any darky to talk impudent about him.The Troop knows what it's doing.”

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