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Chapter 9
"It’sdifferentthistime,"hesaid."Thistimewearen’tfightingtheYankees,we’refightingourfriends.Butrememberthis,nomatterhowbitterthingsget,they’restillourfriendsandthisisstillourhome."
Withthisinmind,IfacedCecilJacobsintheschoolyardnextday:"Yougonnatakethatback,boy?"
"Yougottamakemefirst!"heyelled."Myfolkssaidyourdaddywasadisgracean’thatniggeroughtahangfromthewater-tank!"
Idrewabeadonhim,rememberedwhatAtticushadsaid,thendroppedmyfistsandwalkedaway,"Scout’sacow—ward!"ringinginmyears.ItwasthefirsttimeIeverwalkedawayfromafight.
Somehow,ifIfoughtCecilIwouldletAtticusdown.AtticussorarelyaskedJemandmetodosomethingforhim,Icouldtakebeingcalledacowardforhim.Ifeltextremelynobleforhavingremembered,andremainednobleforthreeweeks.ThenChristmascameanddisasterstruck.
JemandIviewedChristmaswithmixedfeelings.ThegoodsidewasthetreeandUncleJackFinch.EveryChristmasEvedaywemetUncleJackatMaycombJunction,andhewouldspendaweekwithus.
AflipofthecoinrevealedtheuncompromisinglineamentsofAuntAlexandraandFrancis.
IsupposeIshouldincludeUncleJimmy,AuntAlexandra’shusband,butasheneverspokeawordtomeinmylifeexcepttosay,"Getoffthefence,"once,Ineversawanyreasontotakenoticeofhim.NeitherdidAuntAlexandra.Longago,inaburstoffriendliness,AuntyandUncleJimmyproducedasonnamedHenry,wholefthomeassoonaswashumanlypossible,married,andproducedFrancis.
