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@@@@@You show Rhett the way They stopped at the tower"Cat says she'll
invite us to her room," said Rhett evenlyOver his broad shoulder
Scarlett could see flames licking into the sky beyondAdamstown was
on fire, tooTheir escape was cut offShe jumped from the back of
her horse"They're not far behind," she said
The danger was too close for nerves"hop down, Cat, and run up that
ladder like a monkey She and Rhett sent the horses running along
the
riverbank, then followedThey can't get to us
then," Scarlett told Rhett"But they'll know we're here," he said
"I can keep anyone from getting in; only one can come up at a time
Quiet, now, I hear them Scarlett crawled into Cat's cubbyhole and
drew her little gin into her embraceMomma's scared silly Cat covered her giggling
with
her handThe voices and the torches came nearerScarlett
recognized
boasting of Joe O'Neill, the blacksmith"And didn't I say we'd the
English to a man if they ever dared to march into Ballyhara? F you
see
it, then, the face of him when I raised my arm? 'If you a God,' says
I, 'which I doubt, make your peace with him now,' then I drove the
pike
into him, like spitting a grand fat pig held her hands over Cat's
earsNow frightened she must be, fearless little CatShe's never
nestled close to me this way in lifeScarlett blew softly on Cat's
neck, aroon, aroon, and rocked baby in her lap from side to side as if
her arms were the safe sides of a sturdy cradl
