Scout：Bending the law？
Atticus Finch：Uh……no.It’s an agreement reached by mutualt.Now……here’s the way it works.You cede the yof going to school，we’ll keep right on reading the same every nightjust as we always have.That a bargain？
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Atticus Finch：Heck，I……I……I guess that the thing to do is，uh……
Good Lord……I must be losin’my memory.I ’t rememberwhether Jem is 12or 13.Anyway，it’ll have to e before thety court.Of cour，it’s a clear-cut ca of lf-defen.I’ll，uh……Well，I’ll run down to the office……
Heck：Mr.Finch，do you think Jem killed Bob Ewell？Is that whatyou think？Your boy abbed him.Bob Ewell fell on hisknife.He killed himlf.There’s a black man dead for no reason.
Now the man responsible for its dead.Let the dead bury the dead thistime，Mr.Finch.I never heard tell it was against the law for anycitizen to do his utmost to prevent a crime from being itted，which is exactly what he did.But maybe you’ll tell me it’s myduty to tell the town all about it，not to hush it up.You knowwhat’ll happen then.All the ladies in Mayb，includin’mywife，will be kno’on his doin’angel food cakes.
To my way of thinkin’，takin’one man，who done you and thistown a big rvid draggin’him with his shy ways intothe limelight.To me，that’s a sin.It’s a sin.And I’m not aboutto have it on my head.I may not be much，Mr.Finch，but I’mstill Sheriff of Mayb ty，and Bob Ewell fell on his knife.
Scout：Bending the law？
Atticus Finch：Uh……no.It’s an agreement reached by mutualt.Now……here’s the way it works.You cede the yof going to school，we’ll keep right on reading the same every nightjust as we always have.That a bargain？