he just gets held back sometimes because he has to stay out and help his daddy. Nothin’s wrong with him.
Naw, Jem, I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.Jem turned around and punched his pillow.
When he settled back his face was cloudy. He was going into one of his declines, and I grew wary.
His brows came together; his mouth became a thin line. He was silent for a while.
“That’s what I thought, too,” he said at last, “when I was your age. If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other?”
“If they’re all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I’m beginning to understand something.”
I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time… it’s because he wants to stay inside.
Chapter 24
Calpurnia wore her stiffest starched apron. She carried a tray of charlotte.
She backed up to the swinging door and pressed gently. I admired the ease and grace with which she handled heavy loads of dainty things.
So did Aunt Alexandra, I guess, because she had let Calpurnia serve today. August was on the brink of September.
Dill would be leaving for Meridian tomorrow; today he was off with Jem at Barker’s Eddy.
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