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@@@@@The next morning she slept later than usualNot because of the brandy but because, even with its aid, she'd been unable to sleep until just before dawnShe couldn't stop worrying about what Uncle Henry had saidOn her way down to the store she stopped in at Mrs Merriwether's bakeryThe clerk behind the counter looked through her and turned a deaf ear when she spokeShe treated me like I didn't even exist, she realized with horrorAs she crossed the sidewalk from the shop to her carriage, she saw MrsElsing and her daughter approaching on footScarlett paused, ready to smile and say helloThe two Elsing ladies stopped dead when they saw her, then, without a word or a second look, turned and walked away Scarlett was paralyzed for a momentThen she scurried into her carriage and hid her face in the shadowy corner of the deep enclosure For one horrible instant she was afraid she was going to be sick all over the floorWhen Elias stopped the carriage in front of the store, Scarlett stayed in the sanctuary of her carriageShe sent Elias inside with the clerks' pay envelopesIf she got out, she might see someone she knew, someone who would cut her deadIt was unbearable even to think of itIndia Wilkes must be behind thisAnd after I was so generous with her, too! I won't let her get away with it, I won'tNobody can treat me this way and get away with it"Go to the lumberyard," she ordered Elias when he returned He'd have to do something to stop India's poisonAshley wouldn't stand for it, he'd make India behave, and all India's friends, too Her already heavy heart sank even lower when she saw the lumberyard