Survival of Hope

This is a rewrite of the end of the novel, and I stole shamelessly from the original novel. I also stole a teeny bit from Alexandra Ripley's Scarlett - a few words which I took from Mammy and gave to Melanie - so few that it's more that I must credit the idea and the sentiment, rather than the actual dialogue. I don't own Gone with the Wind or Scarlett, of course.