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It
was
such
outspoken
rudeness
as
this
that
threw
Scarlett
into
silent
furies
and
made
her
long
to
be
rid
of
him
.
But
how
could
she
do
without
him
?
In
what
other
way
could
she
obtain
such
freedom
?
He
was
rude
and
dirty
and
,
occasionally
,
very
odorous
but
he
served
his
purpose
.
He
drove
her
to
and
from
the
mills
and
on
her
round
of
customers
,
spitting
and
staring
off
into
space
while
she
talked
and
gave
orders
.
If
she
climbed
down
from
the
buggy
,
he
climbed
after
her
and
dogged
her
footsteps
.
When
she
was
among
rough
laborers
,
negroes
or
Yankee
soldiers
,
he
was
seldom
more
than
a
pace
from
her
elbow
.
Soon
Atlanta
became
accustomed
to
seeing
Scarlett
and
her
bodyguard
and
,
from
being
accustomed
,
the
ladies
grew
to
envy
her
her
freedom
of
movement
.
Since
the
Ku
Klux
lynching
,
the
ladies
had
been
practically
immured
,
not
even
going
to
town
to
shop
unless
there
were
half
a
dozen
in
their
group
.
Naturally
social
minded
,
they
became
restless
and
,
putting
their
pride
in
their
pockets
,
they
began
to
beg
the
loan
of
Archie
from
Scarlett
.
And
whenever
she
did
not
need
him
,
she
was
gracious
enough
to
spare
him
for
the
use
of
other
ladies
.
Soon
Archie
became
an
Atlanta
institution
and
the
ladies
competed
for
his
free
time
.
There
was
seldom
a
morning
when
a
child
or
a
negro
servant
did
not
arrive
at
breakfast
time
with
a
note
saying
:
"
If
you
are
n't
using
Archie
this
afternoon
,
do
let
me
have
him
.
I
want
to
drive
to
the
cemetery
with
flowers
.
"
"
I
must
go
to
the
milliners
.
"
"
I
should
like
Archie
to
drive
Aunt
Nelly
for
an
airing
.
"
"
I
must
go
calling
on
Peters
Street
and
Grandpa
is
not
feeling
well
enough
to
take
me
.
Could
Archie
--
"
He
drove
them
all
,
maids
,
matrons
and
widows
,
and
toward
all
he
evidenced
the
same
uncompromising
contempt
.
It
was
obvious
that
he
did
not
like
women
,
Melanie
excepted
,
any
better
than
he
liked
negroes
and
Yankees
.
Shocked
at
first
by
his
rudeness
,
the
ladies
finally
became
accustomed
to
him
and
,
as
he
was
so
silent
,
except
for
intermittent
explosions
of
tobacco
juice
,
they
took
him
as
much
for
granted
as
the
horses
he
drove
and
forgot
his
very
existence
.
In
fact
,
Mrs.
Merriwether
related
to
Mrs.
Meade
the
complete
details
of
her
niece
's
confinement
before
she
even
remembered
Archie
's
presence
on
the
front
seat
of
the
carriage
.
At
no
other
time
than
this
could
such
a
situation
have
been
possible
.
Before
the
war
,
he
would
not
have
been
permitted
even
in
the
ladies
'
kitchens
.
They
would
have
handed
him
food
through
the
back
door
and
sent
him
about
his
business
.
But
now
they
welcomed
his
reassuring
presence
.
Rude
,
illiterate
,
dirty
,
he
was
a
bulwark
between
the
ladies
and
the
terrors
of
Reconstruction
.
He
was
neither
friend
nor
servant
.
He
was
a
hired
bodyguard
,
protecting
the
women
while
their
men
worked
by
day
or
were
absent
from
home
at
night
.
It
seemed
to
Scarlett
that
after
Archie
came
to
work
for
her
Frank
was
away
at
night
very
frequently
.
He
said
the
books
at
the
store
had
to
be
balanced
and
business
was
brisk
enough
now
to
give
him
little
time
to
attend
to
this
in
working
hours
.
And
there
were
sick
friends
with
whom
he
had
to
sit
.
Then
there
was
the
organization
of
Democrats
who
forgathered
every
Wednesday
night
to
devise
ways
of
regaining
the
ballot
and
Frank
never
missed
a
meeting
.
Scarlett
thought
this
organization
did
little
else
except
argue
the
merits
of
General
John
B.
Gordon
over
every
other
general
,
except
General
Lee
,
and
refight
the
war
.
Certainly
she
could
observe
no
progress
in
the
direction
of
the
recovery
of
the
ballot
.
But
Frank
evidently
enjoyed
the
meetings
for
he
stayed
out
until
all
hours
on
those
nights
.
Ashley
also
sat
up
with
the
sick
and
he
,
too
,
attended
the
Democratic
meetings
and
he
was
usually
away
on
the
same
nights
as
Frank
.
On
these
nights
,
Archie
escorted
Pitty
,
Scarlett
,
Wade
and
little
Ella
though
the
back
yard
to
Melanie
's
house
and
the
two
families
spent
the
evenings
together
.
The
ladies
sewed
while
Archie
lay
full
length
on
the
parlor
sofa
snoring
,
his
gray
whiskers
fluttering
at
each
rumble
.
No
one
had
invited
him
to
dispose
himself
on
the
sofa
and
as
it
was
the
finest
piece
of
furniture
in
the
house
,
the
ladies
secretly
moaned
every
time
he
lay
down
on
it
,
planting
his
boot
on
the
pretty
upholstery
.
But
none
of
them
had
the
courage
to
remonstrate
with
him
.
Especially
after
he
remarked
that
it
was
lucky
he
went
to
sleep
easy
,
for
otherwise
the
sound
of
women
clattering
like
a
flock
of
guinea
hens
would
certainly
drive
him
crazy
.
