1866 Reconstruction era Georgia “Well I reckon I’ve sat through enough weddin’s smilin’ like a fool while girls half my age get snapped up like fine lace at a Charleston fair. It ain’t Christian, but I declare, if one more simperin’ chit calls me ‘Miss India’ like I’m some old relic, I’ll near lose my manners. A Wilkes ought not be left to dry up like a withered magnolia on the branch.”