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Chapter 6
Dillsawitnext.Heputhishandstohisface.
WhenitcrossedJem,Jemsawit.Heputhisarmsoverhisheadandwentrigid.
TheshadowstoppedaboutafootbeyondJem.Itsarmcameoutfromitsside,dropped,andwasstill.ThenitturnedandmovedbackacrossJem,walkedalongtheporchandoffthesideofthehouse,returningasithadcome.
Jemleapedofftheporchandgallopedtowardus.Heflungopenthegate,dancedDillandmethrough,andshooedusbetweentworowsofswishingcollards.HalfwaythroughthecollardsItripped;asItrippedtheroarofashotgunshatteredtheneighborhood.
DillandJemdivedbesideme.Jem’sbreathcameinsobs:"Fencebytheschoolyard!—hurry,Scout!"
Jemheldthebottomwire;DillandIrolledthroughandwerehalfwaytotheshelteroftheschoolyard’ssolitaryoakwhenwesensedthatJemwasnotwithus.Weranbackandfoundhimstrugglinginthefence,kickinghispantsofftogetloose.Herantotheoaktreeinhisshorts.
Safelybehindit,wegavewaytonumbness,butJem’smindwasracing:"Wegottagethome,they’llmissus."
Weranacrosstheschoolyard,crawledunderthefencetoDeer’sPasturebehindourhouse,climbedourbackfenceandwereatthebackstepsbeforeJemwouldletuspausetorest.
Respirationnormal,thethreeofusstrolledascasuallyaswecouldtothefrontyard.WelookeddownthestreetandsawacircleofneighborsattheRadleyfrontgate.
