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Chapter 16
MissMaudiesaidshe’dneverseenMissStephaniegototheJitneyJungleinahatinherlife.
"Well,"saidMissStephanie,"IthoughtImightjustlookinatthecourthouse,toseewhatAtticus’supto."
"Betterbecarefulhedoesn’thandyouasubpoena."
WeaskedMissMaudietoelucidate:shesaidMissStephanieseemedtoknowsomuchaboutthecaseshemightaswellbecalledontotestify.
Weheldoffuntilnoon,whenAtticuscamehometodinnerandsaidthey’dspentthemorningpickingthejury.Afterdinner,westoppedbyforDillandwenttotown.
Itwasagalaoccasion.Therewasnoroomatthepublichitchingrailforanotheranimal,mulesandwagonswereparkedundereveryavailabletree.Thecourthousesquarewascoveredwithpicnicpartiessittingonnewspapers,washingdownbiscuitandsyrupwithwarmmilkfromfruitjars.Somepeopleweregnawingoncoldchickenandcoldfriedporkchops.ThemoreaffluentchasedtheirfoodwithdrugstoreCoca-Colainbulb-shapedsodaglasses.Greasy-facedchildrenpopped-the-whipthroughthecrowd,andbabieslunchedattheirmothers’s.
Inafarcornerofthesquare,theNegroessatquietlyinthesun,diningonsardines,crackers,andthemorevividflavorsofNehiCola.Mr.DolphusRaymondsatwiththem.
"Jem,"saidDill,"he’sdrinkin’outofasack."
Mr.DolphusRaymondseemedtobesodoing:twoyellowdrugstorestrawsranfromhismouthtothedepthsofabrownpaperbag.
"Ain’teverseenanybodydothat,"murmuredDill.
