日期：2014-12-08 Calpurnia wore her stiffest starched apron. She carried a tray of charlotte. She backedup to the swinging door and pressed gently. I admired the ease and grace with whichshe handled heavy loads of dainty things. So did Aunt Alexandra, I guess, becau... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 I wish Bob Ewell wouldn't chew tobacco, was all Atticus said about it. According to Miss Stephanie Crawford, however, Atticus was leaving the post officewhen Mr. Ewell approached him, cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him. Miss Stephan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 It was Jem's turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our waythrough the cheerful crowd. It ain't right, he muttered, all the way to the corner of thesquare where we found Atticus waiting. Atticus was standing under the street... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 She stopped shyly at the railing and waited to get Judge Taylor's attention. She was ina fresh apron and she carried an envelope in her hand. Judge Taylor saw her and said, It's Calpurnia, isn't it? Yes sir, she said. Could I just pass this note to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 Come on round here, son, I got something that'll settle your stomach. As Mr. Dolphus Raymond was an evil man I accepted his invitation reluctantly, but Ifollowed Dill. Somehow, I didn't think Atticus would like it if we became friendly with Mr. Raym... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 Thomas Robinson reached around, ran his fingers under his left arm and lifted it. Heguided his arm to the Bible and his rubber-like left hand sought contact with the blackbinding. As he raised his right hand, the useless one slipped off the Bible an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 But someone was booming again. Mayella Violet Ewell -- ! A young girl walked to the witness stand. As she raised her hand and swore that theevidence she gave would be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so helpher God, she seemed s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 Jem, I said, are those the Ewells sittin' down yonder? Hush, said Jem, Mr. Heck Tate's testifyin'. Mr. Tate had dressed for the occasion. He wore an ordinary business suit, whichmade him look somehow like every other man: gone were his high boots, l... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 Jem heard me. He thrust his head around the connecting door. As he came to my bedAtticus's light flashed on. We stayed where we were until it went off; we heard him turnover, and we waited until he was still again. Jem took me to his room and put me... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 After many telephone calls, much pleading on behalf of the defendant, and a longforgiving letter from his mother, it was decided that Dill could stay. We had a week ofpeace together. After that, little, it seemed. A nightmare was upon us. It began o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-13 Although we heard no more about the Finch family from Aunt Alexandra, we heardplenty from the town. On Saturdays, armed with our nickels, when Jem permitted me toaccompany him (he was now positively allergic to my presence when in public), wewould s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-13 Put my bag in the front bedroom, Calpurnia, was the first thing Aunt Alexandra said. Jean Louise, stop scratching your head, was the second thing she said. Calpurnia picked up Aunty's heavy suitcase and opened the door. I'll take it, saidJem, and to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-13 Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody. His appetite wasappalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him I consulted Atticus: Reckon he's got a tapeworm? Atticus said no, Jem was growing. I must be patient wi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-13 When we were small, Jem and I confined our activities to the southern neighborhood,but when I was well into the second grade at school and tormenting Boo Radley becamepasse, the business section of Maycomb drew us frequently up the street past the r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-13 Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty. When Jem and I asked him why he was so old,he said he got started late, which we felt reflected upon his abilities and manliness. Hewas much older than the parents of our school contemporaries, and there was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-13 You can just take that back, boy! This order, given by me to Cecil Jacobs, was the beginning of a rather thin time forJem and me. My fists were clenched and I was ready to let fly. Atticus had promised mehe would wear me out if he ever heard of me f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-13 For reasons unfathomable to the most experienced prophets in Maycomb County,autumn turned to winter that year. We had two weeks of the coldest weather since 1885,Atticus said. Mr. Avery said it was written on the Rosetta Stone that when childrendiso... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-13 Jem stayed moody and silent for a week. As Atticus had once advised me to do, I triedto climb into Jem's skin and walk around in it: if I had gone alone to the Radley Place attwo in the morning, my funeral would have been held the next afternoon. So... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-13 Yes, said our father, when Jem asked him if we could go over and sit by MissRachel's fishpool with Dill, as this was his last night in Maycomb. Tell him so long forme, and we'll see him next summer. We leaped over the low wall that separated Miss Ra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-13 My nagging got the better of Jem eventually, as I knew it would, and to my relief weslowed down the game for a while. He still maintained, however, that Atticus hadn't saidwe couldn't, therefore we could; and if Atticus ever said we couldn't, Jem ha... 阅读全文>>