“I can’t see why Aunty—” “No, lemme finish—it does, but we’re still different somehow.”
“Atticus said one time the reason Aunty’s so hipped on the family is because all we’ve got’s background and not a dime to our names.”
Well Jem, I don’t know—Atticus told me one time that most of this Old Family stuff’s foolishness
because everybody’s family’s just as old as everybody else’s. I said did that include the colored folks and Englishmen and he said yes.”
“Background doesn’t mean Old Family,” said Jem. “I think it’s how long your family’s been readin‘ and writin’.”
“Scout, I’ve studied this real hard and that’s the only reason I can think of.”
Somewhere along when the Finches were in Egypt one of ‘em must have learned a hieroglyphic or two and he taught his boy.
Jem laughed. “Imagine Aunty being proud her great-grandaddy could read an’ write— ladies pick funny things to be proud of.”
“Well I’m glad he could, or who’da taught Atticus and them, and if Atticus couldn’t read, you and me’d be in a fix.”
“I don’t think that’s what background is, Jem.” “Well then, how do you explain why the Cunninghams are different?”
Mr. Walter can hardly sign his name, I’ve seen him. We’ve just been readin‘ and writin’ longer’n they have.
No, everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowin‘. That Walter’s as smart as he can be,
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