日期：2015-01-09 Juliette, employing other resources, then said to her sister, that with the age and the figure they both of them had, they could not die of hunger she cited the example of one of their neighbors' daughters who, having escaped from her father's house... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-01-09 O thou my friend! The prosperity of Crime is like unto the lightning, whose traitorous brilliancies embellish the atmosphere but for an instant, in order to hurl into death's very depths the luckless one they have dazzled. Yes, Constance, it is to t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 The weather was unusually warm for the last day of October. We didn't even needjackets. The wind was growing stronger, and Jem said it might be raining before we gothome. There was no moon. The street light on the corner cast sharp shadows on theRad... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 Things did settle down, after a fashion, as Atticus said they would. By the middle ofOctober, only two small things out of the ordinary happened to two Maycomb citizens. No, there were three things, and they did not directly concern us -- the Finche... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 School started, and so did our daily trips past the Radley Place. Jem was in theseventh grade and went to high school, beyond the grammar-school building; I was nowin the third grade, and our routines were so different I only walked to school with J... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-08 Don't do that, Scout. Set him out on the back steps. Jem, are you crazy? I said set him out on the back steps. Sighing, I scooped up the small creature, placed him on the bottom step and wentback to my cot. September had come, but not a trace of coo... 阅读全文>>

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>>