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.
