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           AsIopenedthefrontscreendoorAtticussaid,"Bytheway,Scout,you’dbetternotsayanythingatschoolaboutouragreement."

           "Whynot?"

           "I’mafraidouractivitieswouldbereceivedwithconsiderabledisapprobationbythemorelearnedauthorities."

           JemandIwereaccustomedtoourfather’slast-will-and-testamentdiction,andwewereatalltimesfreetointerruptAtticusforatranslationwhenitwasbeyondourunderstanding.

           "Huh,sir?"

           "Ineverwenttoschool,"hesaid,"butIhaveafeelingthatifyoutellMissCarolinewereadeverynightshe’llgetafterme,andIwouldn’twantherafterme."

           Atticuskeptusinfitsthatevening,gravelyreadingcolumnsofprintaboutamanwhosatonaflagpolefornodiscerniblereason,whichwasreasonenoughforJemtospendthefollowingSaturdayaloftinthetreehouse.JemsatfromafterbreakfastuntilsunsetandwouldhaveremainedovernighthadnotAtticusseveredhissupplylines.Ihadspentmostofthedayclimbingupanddown,runningerrandsforhim,providinghimwithliterature,nourishmentandwater,andwascarryinghimblanketsforthenightwhenAtticussaidifIpaidnoattentiontohim,Jemwouldcomedown.Atticuswasright.