1 Confederate money had dropped alarmingly and the price of food and clothing had risen accordingly.
2 Even the small privations of clothing and food did not annoy her, so happy was she to be in the world again.
3 They had dozens of warehouses in that city and in Richmond, so the story ran, and the warehouses were crammed with food and clothing that were being held for higher prices.
4 Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce, ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.
5 Warm clothing, when it was obtainable at all, had risen to such prohibitive prices that Atlanta ladies were lining their old dresses with rags and reinforcing them with newspapers to keep out the wind.
6 As food and clothing grew scarcer and prices rose higher and higher, the public outcry against the speculators grew louder and more venomous.
7 Scarlett now had food for her household, she had a horse, she had the money and jewelry taken from the Yankee straggler, and the greatest need was new clothing.
8 Every morning when Scarlett arose she thanked God for the pale-blue sky and the warm sun, for each day of good weather put off the inevitable time when warm clothing would be needed.
9 She tore open her top bureau drawer and scratched about in the clothing until the Yankee's wallet was in her hand.
10 Now all that mattered was food enough to keep off starvation, clothing enough to prevent freezing and a roof overhead which did not leak too much.
11 The weather was very clear and fine, but so intolerably cold that we were obliged to keep on our fur clothing.
12 It was his plan that every cent of his sister's wages should be paid over to him each month, and he would provide her with such clothing as he thought necessary.
13 Whenever we rode over in that direction we saw her out among her cattle, bareheaded and barefooted, scantily dressed in tattered clothing, always knitting as she watched her herd.
14 She tried to drive him out with a heavy poker, but he overpowered and chloroformed her, and when she revived her clothing was torn and she was in a horrible condition.
15 She bustled around, looking after his clothing, thinking about heavy underwear, quite as Madame Ratignolle would have done under similar circumstances.