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"
Lawd
,
Miss
Melly
,
doan
cry
hyah
on
Peachtree
Street
,
"
groaned
Uncle
Peter
,
hastening
his
horse
's
pace
.
"
Folks
'll
talk
sumpin
'
scan
'
lous
.
Wait
till
us
gits
home
.
"
Scarlett
said
nothing
.
She
did
not
even
squeeze
the
hand
that
Melanie
had
inserted
into
her
palm
for
comfort
.
She
had
read
Ashley
's
letters
for
only
one
purpose
--
to
assure
herself
that
he
still
loved
her
.
Now
Melanie
had
given
a
new
meaning
to
passages
in
the
letters
which
Scarlett
's
eyes
had
barely
seen
.
It
shocked
her
to
realize
that
anyone
as
absolutely
perfect
as
Ashley
could
have
any
thought
in
common
with
such
a
reprobate
as
Rhett
Butler
.
She
thought
:
"
They
both
see
the
truth
of
this
war
,
but
Ashley
is
willing
to
die
about
it
and
Rhett
is
n't
.
I
think
that
shows
Rhett
's
good
sense
.
"
She
paused
a
moment
,
horror
struck
that
she
could
have
such
a
thought
about
Ashley
.
"
They
both
see
the
same
unpleasant
truth
,
but
Rhett
likes
to
look
it
in
the
face
and
enrage
people
by
talking
about
it
--
and
Ashley
can
hardly
bear
to
face
it
.
"
It
was
very
bewildering
.
Under
Mrs.
Merriwether
's
goading
,
Dr.
Meade
took
action
,
in
the
form
of
a
letter
to
the
newspaper
wherein
he
did
not
mention
Rhett
by
name
,
though
his
meaning
was
obvious
.
The
editor
,
sensing
the
social
drama
of
the
letter
,
put
it
on
the
second
page
of
the
paper
,
in
itself
a
startling
innovation
,
as
the
first
two
pages
of
the
paper
were
always
devoted
to
advertisements
of
slaves
,
mules
,
plows
,
coffins
,
houses
for
sale
or
rent
,
cures
for
private
diseases
,
abortifacients
and
restoratives
for
lost
manhood
.
The
doctor
's
letter
was
the
first
of
a
chorus
of
indignation
that
was
beginning
to
be
heard
all
over
the
South
against
speculators
,
profiteers
and
holders
of
government
contracts
.
Conditions
in
Wilmington
,
the
chief
blockade
port
,
now
that
Charleston
's
port
was
practically
sealed
by
the
Yankee
gunboats
,
had
reached
the
proportions
of
an
open
scandal
.
Speculators
swarmed
Wilmington
and
,
having
the
ready
cash
,
bought
up
boatloads
of
goods
and
held
them
for
a
rise
in
prices
.
The
rise
always
came
,
for
with
the
increasing
scarcity
of
necessities
,
prices
leaped
higher
by
the
month
.
The
civilian
population
had
either
to
do
without
or
buy
at
the
speculators
'
prices
,
and
the
poor
and
those
in
moderate
circumstances
were
suffering
increasing
hardships
.
With
the
rise
in
prices
,
Confederate
money
sank
,
and
with
its
rapid
fall
there
rose
a
wild
passion
for
luxuries
.
Blockaders
were
commissioned
to
bring
in
necessities
but
now
it
was
the
higher-priced
luxuries
that
filled
their
boats
to
the
exclusion
of
the
things
the
Confederacy
vitally
needed
.
People
frenziedly
bought
these
luxuries
with
the
money
they
had
today
,
fearing
that
tomorrow
's
prices
would
be
higher
and
the
money
worthless
.
To
make
matters
worse
,
there
was
only
one
railroad
line
from
Wilmington
to
Richmond
and
,
while
thousands
of
barrels
of
flour
and
boxes
of
bacon
spoiled
and
rotted
in
wayside
stations
for
want
of
transportation
,
speculators
with
wines
,
taffetas
and
coffee
to
sell
seemed
always
able
to
get
their
goods
to
Richmond
two
days
after
they
were
landed
at
Wilmington
.
The
rumor
which
had
been
creeping
about
underground
was
now
being
openly
discussed
,
that
Rhett
Butler
not
only
ran
his
own
four
boats
and
sold
the
cargoes
at
unheard-of
prices
but
bought
up
the
cargoes
of
other
boats
and
held
them
for
rises
in
prices
.
It
was
said
that
he
was
at
the
head
of
a
combine
worth
more
than
a
million
dollars
,
with
Wilmington
as
its
headquarters
for
the
purpose
of
buying
blockade
goods
on
the
docks
.
They
had
dozens
of
warehouses
in
that
city
and
in
Richmond
,
so
the
story
ran
,
and
the
warehouses
were
crammed
with
food
and
clothing
that
were
being
held
for
higher
prices
.
Already
soldiers
and
civilians
alike
were
feeling
the
pinch
,
and
the
muttering
against
him
and
his
fellow
speculators
was
bitter
.
"
There
are
many
brave
and
patriotic
men
in
the
blockade
arm
of
the
Confederacy
's
naval
service
,
"
ran
the
last
of
the
doctor
's
letter
,
"
unselfish
men
who
are
risking
their
lives
and
all
their
wealth
that
the
Confederacy
may
survive
.
They
are
enshrined
in
the
hearts
of
all
loyal
Southerners
,
and
no
one
begrudges
them
the
scant
monetary
returns
they
make
for
their
risks
.
They
are
unselfish
gentlemen
,
and
we
honor
them
.
Of
these
men
,
I
do
not
speak
.
