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@@@@@The next day not a crumb was left, Cat reported with excitementShe didn't invite her mother to come see The tower was all hers nowLike everyone else in Ireland, Scarlett read the newspapers that autumn with alarm that grew into outrage For her, the alarm was caused by the number of evictions reported The farmers' efforts to fight back were perfectly understandable as far as she was concernedAttacking a bailiff or a pair of constables with fists or pitchfork was only a normal human reaction, and she was sorry that it stopped none of the evictions It wasn't the fault of the farmer that crops had failed and there was no money from sale of the grainShe knew all about that herselfAt nearby hunts the talk was always about the same thing, and the landowners were much less tolerant than ScarlettThey were worried by the instances of resistance by farmers"Dammit, what they expect? If they don't pay their rents, they don't keep houses They know that, it's always been like thatBloody gence, that's what's going on But Scarlett's reactions became the same as her neighboring tate owners' when the Whiteboys entered inThere had been - tered incidents during the summerThe Whiteboys were organized now, and more brutalNight after night barns and were torchedCattle and sheep were killed, pigs slaughtered, - keys and plow horses had legs broken or tendons cutShops were smashed, and manure or burning torches thrown insidemore and more as autumn turned to winter there were attacks concealment against military men, English soldiers and Irish c bles, and gentry in carriages or on horsebackScarlett took grooms along on the roads to the meetsAnd she worried constantly about CatLosing Billy seemed have upset Cat much less than she had fearedCat never moped, she never whined