kind of
nasty when
I tried to
sound him
out.” Will
sat down
on the
sofa and
rubbed the
stump of
his leg.
It ached
in cold
weather
and the
wooden peg
was
neither
well
padded nor
comfortable.
Scarlett
looked at
him
wildly.
His manner
was so
casual
when he
was
sounding
the death
knell of
Tara. Sold
out at the
sheriff’s
sale?
Where
would they
all go?
And Tara
belonging
to some
one else!
No, that
was
unthinkable!
She had
been so
engrossed
