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@@@@@Whether she believed in them or not, the ancient traditions were important to the IrishShe'd gotten angry with himSuperstitions couldn't run her lifeBut now she suspected she was wrong"Why aren't you at the Ballyhara fire?" asked Bart"Why aren't you at yours?" Scarlett snapped angrily"Because I'm not wanted there," said John Morland His voice in the darkness sounded very sadI thought there might be one of those folk wisdom things behind running the cattle through the ashes Good for the hooves or somethingI wanted to try it on the horses "Did it work?" "I never found outAll the joy went out of the celebration I arrived, so I left "I should have left here," Scarlett blurted"What an absurd thing to sayYou're the only real person An American, tooYou're the exotic bloom in the patch of Scarlett She hadn't thought of it that wayP always made much over guests from far away She felt much until she heard The Honourable Louisa say, "Aren't they entertaining? I do adore the Irish when they go all pagan and primitive like thisIf only, they weren't so lazy and stupid, I wouldn't mind living in IrelandScarlett vowed silently to apologize to Colum the minute she got back homeShe should never have left her own place and her own people"And hasn't any other living soul ever made a mistake, Scarlett darling? You had to learn the way of them for yourself else how would you know? Dry your eyes, now, and ride out to see the fieldsThe hired lads have started building the haycock