he had been tried openly and convicted by twelve good men and true; my father had fought for him all the way.
Then Mr. Underwood’s meaning became clear: Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson,
but in the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.
The name Ewell gave me a queasy feeling. Maycomb had lost no time in getting Mr. Ewell’s views on Tom’s demise
and passing them along through that English Channel of gossip, Miss Stephanie Crawford.
Miss Stephanie told Aunt Alexandra in Jem’s presence (“Oh foot, he’s old enough to listen.”)
that Mr. Ewell said it made one down and about two more to go. Jem told me not to be afraid, Mr. Ewell was more hot gas than anything.
Jem also told me that if I breathed a word to Atticus, if in any way I let Atticus know I knew, Jem would personally never speak to me again.
Chapter 26
School started, and so did our daily trips past the Radley Place.
Jem was in the seventh grade and went to high school, beyond the grammar-school building;
I was now in the third grade, and our routines were so different I only walked to school with Jem in the mornings and saw him at mealtimes.
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