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Ellen
never
would
,
or
could
,
quite
become
one
of
them
--
she
had
left
too
much
of
herself
in
Savannah
--
but
she
respected
them
and
,
in
time
,
learned
to
admire
the
frankness
and
forthrightness
of
these
people
,
who
had
few
reticences
and
who
valued
a
man
for
what
he
was
.
She
became
the
best-loved
neighbor
in
the
County
.
She
was
a
thrifty
and
kind
mistress
,
a
good
mother
and
a
devoted
wife
.
The
heartbreak
and
selflessness
that
she
would
have
dedicated
to
the
Church
were
devoted
instead
to
the
service
of
her
child
,
her
household
and
the
man
who
had
taken
her
out
of
Savannah
and
its
memories
and
had
never
asked
any
questions
.
When
Scarlett
was
a
year
old
,
and
more
healthy
and
vigorous
than
a
girl
baby
had
any
right
to
be
,
in
Mammy
's
opinion
,
Ellen
's
second
child
,
named
Susan
Elinor
,
but
always
called
Suellen
,
was
born
,
and
in
due
time
came
Carreen
,
listed
in
the
family
Bible
as
Caroline
Irene
.
Then
followed
three
little
boys
,
each
of
whom
died
before
he
had
learned
to
walk
--
three
little
boys
who
now
lay
under
the
twisted
cedars
in
the
burying
ground
a
hundred
yards
from
the
house
,
beneath
three
stones
,
each
bearing
the
name
of
"
Gerald
O'Hara
,
Jr.
"
From
the
day
when
Ellen
first
came
to
Tara
,
the
place
had
been
transformed
.
If
she
was
only
fifteen
years
old
,
she
was
nevertheless
ready
for
the
responsibilities
of
the
mistress
of
a
plantation
.
Before
marriage
,
young
girls
must
be
,
above
all
other
things
,
sweet
,
gentle
,
beautiful
and
ornamental
,
but
,
after
marriage
,
they
were
expected
to
manage
households
that
numbered
a
hundred
people
or
more
,
white
and
black
,
and
they
were
trained
with
that
in
view
.
Ellen
had
been
given
this
preparation
for
marriage
which
any
well-brought-up
young
lady
received
,
and
she
also
had
Mammy
,
who
could
galvanize
the
most
shiftless
negro
into
energy
.
She
quickly
brought
order
,
dignity
and
grace
into
Gerald
's
household
,
and
she
gave
Tara
a
beauty
it
had
never
had
before
.
The
house
had
been
built
according
to
no
architectural
plan
whatever
,
with
extra
rooms
added
where
and
when
it
seemed
convenient
,
but
,
with
Ellen
's
care
and
attention
,
it
gained
a
charm
that
made
up
for
its
lack
of
design
.
The
avenue
of
cedars
leading
from
the
main
road
to
the
house
--
that
avenue
of
cedars
without
which
no
Georgia
planter
's
home
could
be
complete
--
had
a
cool
dark
shadiness
that
gave
a
brighter
tinge
,
by
contrast
,
to
the
green
of
the
other
trees
.
The
wistaria
tumbling
over
the
verandas
showed
bright
against
the
whitewashed
brick
,
and
it
joined
with
the
pink
crepe
myrtle
bushes
by
the
door
and
the
white-blossomed
magnolias
in
the
yard
to
disguise
some
of
the
awkward
lines
of
the
house
.
In
spring
time
and
summer
,
the
Bermuda
grass
and
clover
on
the
lawn
became
emerald
,
so
enticing
an
emerald
that
it
presented
an
irresistible
temptation
to
the
flocks
of
turkeys
and
white
geese
that
were
supposed
to
roam
only
the
regions
in
the
rear
of
the
house
.
The
elders
of
the
flocks
continually
led
stealthy
advances
into
the
front
yard
,
lured
on
by
the
green
of
the
grass
and
the
luscious
promise
of
the
cape
jessamine
buds
and
the
zinnia
beds
.
Against
their
depredations
,
a
small
black
sentinel
was
stationed
on
the
front
porch
.
Armed
with
a
ragged
towel
,
the
little
negro
boy
sitting
on
the
steps
was
part
of
the
picture
of
Tara
--
and
an
unhappy
one
,
for
he
was
forbidden
to
chunk
the
fowls
and
could
only
flap
the
towel
at
them
and
shoo
them
.
Ellen
set
dozens
of
little
black
boys
to
this
task
,
the
first
position
of
responsibility
a
male
slave
had
at
Tara
.
After
they
had
passed
their
tenth
year
,
they
were
sent
to
old
Daddy
the
plantation
cobbler
to
learn
his
trade
,
or
to
Amos
the
wheelwright
and
carpenter
,
or
Philip
the
cow
man
,
or
Cuffee
the
mule
boy
.
If
they
showed
no
aptitude
for
any
of
these
trades
,
they
became
field
hands
and
,
in
the
opinion
of
the
negroes
,
they
had
lost
their
claim
to
any
social
standing
at
all
.
Ellen
's
life
was
not
easy
,
nor
was
it
happy
,
but
she
did
not
expect
life
to
be
easy
,
and
,
if
it
was
not
happy
,
that
was
woman
's
lot
.
It
was
a
man
's
world
,
and
she
accepted
it
as
such
.
The
man
owned
the
property
,
and
the
woman
managed
it
.
The
man
took
the
credit
for
the
management
,
and
the
woman
praised
his
cleverness
.
The
man
roared
like
a
bull
when
a
splinter
was
in
his
finger
,
and
the
woman
muffled
the
moans
of
childbirth
,
lest
she
disturb
him
.
Men
were
rough
of
speech
and
often
drunk
.
Women
ignored
the
lapses
of
speech
and
put
the
drunkards
to
bed
without
bitter
words
.
Men
were
rude
and
outspoken
,
women
were
always
kind
,
gracious
and
forgiving
.
She
had
been
reared
in
the
tradition
of
great
ladies
,
which
had
taught
her
how
to
carry
her
burden
and
still
retain
her
charm
,
and
she
intended
that
her
three
daughters
should
be
great
ladies
also
.
With
her
younger
daughters
,
she
had
success
,
for
Suellen
was
so
anxious
to
be
attractive
she
lent
an
attentive
and
obedient
ear
to
her
mother
's
teachings
,
and
Carreen
was
shy
and
easily
led
.
But
Scarlett
,
child
of
Gerald
,
found
the
road
to
ladyhood
hard
.
