Colum appeared at Scarlett's door late in August when the sky was still rosy with dawn. Ten burly men stood silently behind him in the mist-heavy half light. "Here are the men to clear your fields," he said. "Are you happy at last?"

She screeched with delight. "Let me get my shawl against the damp," she said, "and I'll be right out. Take them down to the first field beyond the gate." She hadn't finished dressing yet, her hair was all tumbled and her feet were bare. She tried to hurry but excitement made her clumsy. She'd been waiting so long! And it was getting more difficult every day to get her boots on. My grief, I'm as big as a house already. I must be going to have triplets.

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