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Chapter 20
TomRobinsonwasherdailyreminderofwhatshedid.Whatdidshedo?ShetemptedaNegro.
"Shewaswhite,andshetemptedaNegro.Shedidsomethingthatinoursocietyisunspeakable:shekissedablackman.NotanoldUncle,butastrongyoungNegroman.Nocodematteredtoherbeforeshebrokeit,butitcamecrashingdownonherafterwards.
"Herfathersawit,andthedefendanthastestifiedastohisremarks.Whatdidherfatherdo?Wedon’tknow,butthereiscircumstantialevidencetoindicatethatMayellaEwellwasbeatensavagelybysomeonewholedalmostexclusivelywithhisleft.WedoknowinpartwhatMr.Ewelldid:hedidwhatanyGod-fearing,persevering,respectablewhitemanwoulddounderthecircumstances—hesworeoutawarrant,nodoubtsigningitwithhislefthand,andTomRobinsonnowsitsbeforeyou,havingtakentheoathwiththeonlygoodhandhepossesses—hisrighthand.
"Andsoaquiet,respectable,humbleNegrowhohadtheunmitigatedtemerityto‘feelsorry’forawhitewomanhashadtoputhiswordagainsttwowhitepeople’s.Ineednotremindyouoftheirappearanceandconductonthestand—yousawthemforyourselves.
