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"
I
must
think
,
"
she
told
herself
over
and
over
.
"
I
must
think
.
"
But
thoughts
eluded
her
,
darting
in
and
out
of
her
mind
like
frightened
humming
birds
.
As
she
stood
hanging
to
the
sill
,
a
deafening
explosion
burst
on
her
ears
,
louder
than
any
cannon
she
had
ever
heard
.
The
sky
was
rent
with
gigantic
flame
.
Then
other
explosions
.
The
earth
shook
and
the
glass
in
the
panes
above
her
head
shivered
and
came
down
around
her
.
The
world
became
an
inferno
of
noise
and
flame
and
trembling
earth
as
one
explosion
followed
another
in
earsplitting
succession
.
Torrents
of
sparks
shot
to
the
sky
and
descended
slowly
,
lazily
,
through
blood-colored
clouds
of
smoke
.
She
thought
she
heard
a
feeble
call
from
the
next
room
but
she
paid
it
no
heed
.
She
had
no
time
for
Melanie
now
.
No
time
for
anything
except
a
fear
that
licked
through
her
veins
as
swiftly
as
the
flames
she
saw
.
She
was
a
child
and
mad
with
fright
and
she
wanted
to
bury
her
head
in
her
mother
's
lap
and
shut
out
this
sight
.
If
she
were
only
home
!
Home
with
Mother
.
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Through
the
nerve-shivering
sounds
,
she
heard
another
sound
,
that
of
fear-sped
feet
coming
up
the
stairs
three
at
a
time
,
heard
a
voice
yelping
like
a
lost
hound
.
Prissy
broke
into
the
room
and
,
flying
to
Scarlett
,
clutched
her
arm
in
a
grip
that
seemed
to
pinch
out
pieces
of
flesh
.
"
The
Yankees
--
"
cried
Scarlett
.
"
No
'm
,
its
our
gempmums
!
"
yelled
Prissy
between
breaths
,
digging
her
nails
deeper
into
Scarlett
's
arm
.
"
Dey
's
buhnin
'
de
foun
'
ry
an
'
de
ahmy
supply
depots
an
'
de
wa
'
houses
an
'
,
fo
'
Gawd
,
Miss
Scarlett
,
dey
done
set
off
dem
sebenty
freight
cahs
of
cannon
balls
an
'
gunpowder
an
'
,
Jesus
,
we
's
all
gwine
ter
buhn
up
!
"
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She
began
yelping
again
shrilly
and
pinched
Scarlett
so
hard
she
cried
out
in
pain
and
fury
and
shook
off
her
hand
.
The
Yankees
had
n't
come
yet
!
There
was
still
time
to
get
away
!
She
rallied
her
frightened
forces
together
.
"
If
I
do
n't
get
a
hold
on
myself
,
"
she
thought
,
"
I
'll
be
squalling
like
a
scalded
cat
!
"
and
the
sight
of
Prissy
's
abject
terror
helped
steady
her
.
She
took
her
by
the
shoulders
and
shook
her
.