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Throughout
the
South
,
most
of
the
cotton
planters
were
in
the
same
fix
.
With
the
blockade
closing
tighter
and
tighter
,
there
was
no
way
to
get
the
South
's
money
crop
to
its
market
in
England
,
no
way
to
bring
in
the
necessaries
which
cotton
money
had
brought
in
years
gone
by
.
And
the
agricultural
South
,
waging
war
with
the
industrial
North
,
was
needing
so
many
things
now
,
things
it
had
never
thought
of
buying
in
times
of
peace
.
It
was
a
situation
made
to
order
for
speculators
and
profiteers
,
and
men
were
not
lacking
to
take
advantage
of
it
.
As
food
and
clothing
grew
scarcer
and
prices
rose
higher
and
higher
,
the
public
outcry
against
the
speculators
grew
louder
and
more
venomous
.
In
those
early
days
of
1864
,
no
newspaper
could
be
opened
that
did
not
carry
scathing
editorials
denouncing
the
speculators
as
vultures
and
bloodsucking
leeches
and
calling
upon
the
government
to
put
them
down
with
a
hard
hand
.
The
government
did
its
best
,
but
the
efforts
came
to
nothing
,
for
the
government
was
harried
by
many
things
.
Against
no
one
was
feeling
more
bitter
than
against
Rhett
Butler
.
He
had
sold
his
boats
when
blockading
grew
too
hazardous
,
and
he
was
now
openly
engaged
in
food
speculation
.
The
stories
about
him
that
came
back
to
Atlanta
from
Richmond
and
Wilmington
made
those
who
had
received
him
in
other
days
writhe
with
shame
.
In
spite
of
all
these
trials
and
tribulations
,
Atlanta
's
ten
thousand
population
had
grown
to
double
that
number
during
the
war
.
Even
the
blockade
had
added
to
Atlanta
's
prestige
.
From
time
immemorial
,
the
coast
cities
had
dominated
the
South
,
commercially
and
otherwise
.
But
now
with
the
ports
closed
and
many
of
the
port
cities
captured
or
besieged
,
the
South
's
salvation
depended
upon
itself
.
The
interior
section
was
what
counted
,
if
the
South
was
going
to
win
the
war
,
and
Atlanta
was
now
the
center
of
things
.
The
people
of
the
town
were
suffering
hardship
,
privation
,
sickness
and
death
as
severely
as
the
rest
of
the
Confederacy
;
but
Atlanta
,
the
city
,
had
gained
rather
than
lost
as
a
result
of
the
war
.
Atlanta
,
the
heart
of
the
Confederacy
,
was
still
beating
full
and
strong
,
the
railroads
that
were
its
arteries
throbbing
with
the
never-ending
flow
of
men
,
munitions
and
supplies
.
In
other
days
,
Scarlett
would
have
been
bitter
about
her
shabby
dresses
and
patched
shoes
but
now
she
did
not
care
,
for
the
one
person
who
mattered
was
not
there
to
see
her
.
She
was
happy
those
two
months
,
happier
than
she
had
been
in
years
.
Had
she
not
felt
the
start
of
Ashley
's
heart
when
her
arms
went
round
his
neck
?
seen
that
despairing
look
on
his
face
which
was
more
open
an
avowal
than
any
words
could
be
?
He
loved
her
.
She
was
sure
of
that
now
,
and
this
conviction
was
so
pleasant
she
could
even
be
kinder
to
Melanie
.
She
could
be
sorry
for
Melanie
now
,
sorry
with
a
faint
contempt
for
her
blindness
,
her
stupidity
.
"
When
the
war
is
over
!
"
she
thought
.
"
When
it
's
over
--
then
...
"
Sometimes
she
thought
with
a
small
dart
of
fear
:
"
What
then
?
"
But
she
put
the
thought
from
her
mind
.
When
the
war
was
over
,
everything
would
be
settled
,
somehow
.
If
Ashley
loved
her
,
he
simply
could
n't
go
on
living
with
Melanie
.
But
then
,
a
divorce
was
unthinkable
;
and
Ellen
and
Gerald
,
staunch
Catholics
that
they
were
,
would
never
permit
her
to
marry
a
divorced
man
.
It
would
mean
leaving
the
Church
!
Scarlett
thought
it
over
and
decided
that
,
in
a
choice
between
the
Church
and
Ashley
,
she
would
choose
Ashley
.
But
,
oh
,
it
would
make
such
a
scandal
!
Divorced
people
were
under
the
ban
not
only
of
the
Church
but
of
society
.
No
divorced
person
was
received
.
However
,
she
would
dare
even
that
for
Ashley
.
She
would
sacrifice
anything
for
Ashley
.
Somehow
it
would
come
out
all
right
when
the
war
was
over
.
If
Ashley
loved
her
so
much
,
he
'd
find
a
way
.
She
'd
make
him
find
a
way
.
