chapter 7 ashley back home

(home from their lost adventure came the lattered cavaliers. grimly they came hobbling back to the desolation that had once been a land of grace and plenty.and with them came another invader, more cruel and vicious than any they had fought, the carpetbagger.)

servant: katie scarlett! it's over! it's over! it's all over,the war! we surrendered!

corrine: it's not possible.

sue ellen: why did we ever fight?

melanie: ashely will be coming home.

scarlett: yes, ashely will be coming home. we'll plantmore cotton. cotton ought to go sky-high next year.

melanie: scarlett, what seems to be the trouble withmr. kennedy?

scarlett: more trouble than he guesses. he's finallyasked for sue ellen's hand.

melanie: oh, i'm so glad.

scarlett: it's a pity he can't marry her now. at leastbe one less mouth to feed.

(scarlett, melanie and mammie stand in front of the door.a figure appears in the distance.)

scarlett: oh another one. i hope this one isn't hungry.

mammie: oh, he'll be hungry

scarlett: i'll tell prissy to get an extra plate.

(it's ashley! melanie opens her arms, running to him.)

melanie: ashley! ashley!

mammie: miss scarlett! don't spoil it. miss scarlett.

scarlett: turn me loose, you fool, turn me loose! it'sashley.

mammie: he's her husband, auntie.

(several days passed. one day, a servant comes toscarlett.)

servant: miss scarlett ma'am...

scarlett: high time you got back. did you get the horseshod?

servant: yes'm, he shod all right. miss scarlett ma'am.