insolent.
This last
she could
hardly
believe,
for she
had never
seen an
insolent
negro in
her life.
But there
were many
things
which Will
and Ashley
had
conspired
to keep
from her.
The
scourge of
war had
been
followed
by the
worse
scourge of
Reconstruction,
but the
two men
had agreed
not to
mention
the more
alarming
details
when they
discussed
the
situation
at home.
And when
Scarlett
took the
trouble to
listen to
them at
all, most
of what
