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Chapter 16
Hey,look—"
Someinvisiblesignalhadmadethelunchersonthesquareriseandscatterbitsofnewspaper,cellophane,andwrappingpaper.Childrencametomothers,babieswerecradledonasmeninsweat-stainedhatscollectedtheirfamiliesandherdedthemthroughthecourthousedoors.InthefarcornerofthesquaretheNegroesandMr.DolphusRaymondstoodupanddustedtheirbreeches.Therewerefewwomenandchildrenamongthem,whichseemedtodispeltheholidaymood.Theywaitedpatientlyatthedoorsbehindthewhitefamilies.
"Let’sgoin,"saidDill.
"Naw,webetterwaittilltheygetin,Atticusmightnotlikeitifheseesus,"saidJem.
TheMaycombCountycourthousewasfaintlyreminiscentofArlingtoninonerespect:theconcretepillarssupportingitssouthroofweretooheavyfortheirlightburden.Thepillarswereallthatremainedstandingwhentheoriginalcourthouseburnedin1856.Anothercourthousewasbuiltaroundthem.Itisbettertosay,builtinspiteofthem.Butforthesouthporch,theMaycombCountycourthousewasearlyVictorian,presentinganunoffensivevistawhenseenfromthenorth.Fromtheotherside,however,Greekrevivalcolumnsclashedwithabignineteenth-centuryclocktowerhousingarustyunreliableinstrument,aviewindicatingapeopledeterminedtopreserveeveryphysicalscrapofthepast.
