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           "ButIcanguess.IprovedhimaliarbutJohnmadehimlooklikeafool.AllthetimeEwellwasonthestandIcouldn’tdarelookatJohnandkeepastraightface.Johnlookedathimasifhewereathree-leggedchickenorasquareegg.Don’ttellmejudgesdon’ttrytoprejudicejuries,"Atticuschuckled.

           BytheendofOctober,ourliveshadbecomethefamiliarroutineofschool,play,study.Jemseemedtohaveputoutofhismindwhateveritwashewantedtoforget,andourclassmatesmercifullyletusforgetourfather’seccentricities.CecilJacobsaskedmeonetimeifAtticuswasaRadical.WhenIaskedAtticus,AtticuswassoamusedIwasratherannoyed,buthesaidhewasn’tlaughingatme.Hesaid,"YoutellCecilI’maboutasradicalasCottonTomHeflin."

           AuntAlexandrawasthriving.MissMaudiemusthavesilencedthewholemissionarysocietyatoneblow,forAuntyagainruledthatroost.Herrefreshmentsgrewevenmoredelicious.IlearnedmoreaboutthepoorMrunas’sociallifefromlisteningtoMrs.Merriweather:theyhadsolittlesenseoffamilythatthewholetribewasonebigfamily.Achildhadasmanyfathersasthereweremeninthecommunity,asmanymothersastherewerewomen.J.GrimesEverettwasdoinghisutmosttochangethisstateofaffairs,anddesperatelyneededourprayers.

           Maycombwasitselfagain.Preciselythesameaslastyearandtheyearbeforethat,withonlytwominorchanges.Firstly,peoplehadremovedfromtheirstorewindowsandautomobilesthestickersthatsaidNRA—WEDOOURPART.