To Kill a Mockingbird Page #4

into fights over it...

no matter what they say to you.

Yes, sir.

What are you doing?

Walkin' like an Egyptian.

We were studyin'

about 'em in school.

Teacher says we wouldn't be

no place without 'em.

Is that so?

Cradle ofcivilization. They invented

embalming and toilet paper.

That's wrong.

You do your feet this way.

Look.

Look. The boy wears hair in front

of his eyebrows like you do.

Yeah, and the girl

wears bangs like you.

These are of us.

You awake?

- Go back to bed.

- I can't go to sleep.

- Go back to bed.

- What you got in the box?

Nothin'. Go back to bed.

Come on.

If I show you, will you swear

never to tell anybody?

- I swear.

- Cross your heart.

I found all ofthese...

in the knothole ofthat old tree

at different times.

This is a spelling medal.

You know they used to award these

in school to spelling winners...

before we were born.

And another time I found this.

This.

And Scout...

you know somethin' else

l never told you...

about that night I went back

to the Radley house?

Somethin' else? You never told me

anything about that night.

Well...

you know the first time when I was

gettin' out of my britches?

They was all in a tangle...

and I couldn't get 'em loose.

Well, when I went back, though...

they were folded

across the fence...

sort of like

they was expectin' me.

It was to be a long time...

beforeJem andl

talkedabout Boo again.

Schoolfinallyended

andsummercame...

andso didDill.

- Good mornin'!

- Good mornin'.

My, you're up

mighty bright and early.

- I been up since 4:00.

- 4:
00?

Yes. I always get up at 4:00.

It's in my blood.

You see, my daddy was a railroad man

till he got rich.

Now he flies aeroplanes.

One ofthese days...

he'sjust gonna swoop

down here at Maycomb...

pick me up

and take me for a ride.

-Who's that in the car with the sheriff?

-Tom Robinson, son.

- Where's he been?

- In the Abbottsville Jail.

- Why?

- Sheriffthought he'd be safer there.

They're bringin' him

back here tonight...

because his trial is tomorrow.

- Good evenin', Heck.

- Good evenin', Mr Finch.

Come in.

News has gotten around that I brought

Tom Robinson back to the jail.

I heard there might be trouble

from that bunch out at Old Sarum.

If I need you to stay here tonight,

can you do it?

- Yes, sir, I can.

- Thankyou.

- I thinkyou better count on stayin'.

- Yes, sir.

- What's goin' on?

- Go back to sleep.

What's goin' on?

There's his car.

See? There he is over there!

No, Scout. Don't go to him.

He might not like it.

I just wanted to see where he was

and what he was up to.

He's all right.

Let's go back home.

Come on.

- He in there, Mr Finch?

- He is.

He's asleep. Don't wake him.

You know what we want.

Get aside from that door, Mr Finch.

Walter...

I thinkyou ought to turn

right around and go back home.

- Heck Tate's around here somewhere.

- No, he ain't.

Heck and his bunch

is out in Old Sarum lookin' for us.

We knowed he was,

so we come in this other way.

You ain't thought about that,

had you, Mr Finch?

- I thought about it.

- I can't see Atticus.

That changes things some.

Jem, go home,

and take Scout and Dill with you.

- Son, I said go home.

- No, sir.

- I'll send him home.

- Don't you touch him! Let him go!

That'll do!

Ain't nobody

gonna do Jem that way!

Now you get them out of here.

- I want you to please leave.

- No, sir.

- I tell you I ain't goin'.

- Hey, Mr Cunningham.

I said, "Hey, Mr Cunningham."

How's your entailment getting along?

Don't you remember me,

Mr Cunningham?

I'mJean Louise Finch.

You brought us some hickory nuts

one early morning. Remember?

We had a talk.

I went and got my daddy

to come out and thank you.

I go to school with your boy.

I go to school with Walter.

He's a nice boy.

Tell him "hey" for me, won't you?

You know somethin',

Mr Cunningham?

Entailments are bad.

Entailments--

I wasjust sayin' to Mr Cunningham

that entailments were bad...

but not to worry.

Takes a long time sometimes.

What's the matter?

I sure meant no harm,

Mr Cunningham.

No harm taken, young lady.

I'll tell Walteryou said "hey."

Let's clear out of here.

Let's go, boys.

Now you can go home.

All ofyou.

I'll be there later.

Come on.

Mr Finch, they gone?

They've gone.

They won't botheryou anymore.

Morning, Mr Strikes.

- How do you do?

- Ever seen so many people?

Just like on Saturday.

- Where you goin'?

- I can't stand it any longer.

- I'm goin' to the courthouse and watch.

- Better not.

- You know what Atticus said.

- I don't care if he did.

I'm not gonna miss the most exciting

thing that ever happened in this town.

It's packed solid.

They're standin' all along the back.

- Reverend.

- Yes?

-Reverend Sykes, are you going upstairs?

-Yes, I am.

Thankyou, BrotherJoe,

for holding my seat.

Come on, children.

Come on, come on.

This court's now in session.

Everybody rise.

On the night ofAugust 2 1 ...

I wasjust leaving my office

to go home when Bob--

Mr Ewell-- came in.

Very excited he was,

and he said...

to get to his house

as quick as I could...

that his girl had been raped.

I got in my car and went out there

as fast as I could.

She was pretty well beat up.

I asked her ifTom Robinson

beat her like that.

She said yes, he had.

I asked if he'd

taken advantage of her.

She said yes, he did.

That's all there was to it.

Thankyou.

Did anybody call

a doctor, Sheriff?

- No, sir.

- Why not?

Well, I didn't think

it was necessary.

She was pretty well beat up.

Somethin' sure happened.

It was obvious.

Now, Sheriff, you say that she

was mighty beat up. In what way?

Well, she was beaten

around the head.

There were bruises

already comin' on her arms.

She had a black eye startin'.

- Which eye?

- Let's see.

It was her left.

Well, now, was that--

That was her left,

facing you...

or looking the way

that you were?

Yes, that would make it

her right eye.

It was her right eye, Mr Finch.

Now I remember.

She was beaten up

on that side of her face.

Which side again, Heck?

The right side.

She had bruises on her arms.

She showed me her neck. There were

definite finger marks on her gullet.

All around her neck,

at the back of her throat?

I'd say they were all around.

The witness may be seated.

Robert E. Lee Ewell.

Place your hand

on the Bible, please.

Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth,

the whole truth, so help you God?

- I do.

- Sit down, please.

Now, Mr Ewell...

you tell us,

just in your own words...

what happened on August 2 1 .

That night...

I was comin' from the woods

with a load of kindlin'...

and I heard Mayella screaming

as I got to the fence.

I dropped my kindlin', and I run as fast

as I could, but I run into the fence.

But when I got loose,

l run up to the window...

and I seen him with my Mayella!

What did you do...

afteryou saw the defendant?

I run around the house

tryin' to get in...

but he done run through

the front doorjust ahead of me!

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