Chapter 28
-Jem
and Scout walk past the Radley house on the way to the school, where the
pageant and country fair will be held.
-Gotta
love the ham suit! (this part always makes me laught!)
-It's
very dark, and they can barely see a few feet ahead of themselves.
-Cecil
Jacobs, a classmate of Scout's runs out to scare them, and definitely
succeeds.
-Cecil
and Scout entertain themselves at the fair until the pageant begins, visiting
different booths and taking part in the fair.
-Scout
gets ready for her part, but falls asleep.
-During
the last song, she wakes up and realizes she has missed her cue. She rushes out
to the stage, and makes a very amusing entrance that pleases the entire crowd.
-Humiliated,
she stays backstage with Jem until everyone leaves. She decides to keep her
costume on for the walk home, and Jem escorts her.
-The
walk back is even darker than before, and near the school,
-Oops,
she forgot her shoes.
-Then a
noise, is someone there? Cecil? Who?
- Jem
thinks maybe Scout should take off her costume, but she doesn't have any
clothes underneath, and can't get her dress on in the dark.
-Almost
home....a dark shadow near the Radley's tree...they can hear his pants scraping together as he walks.
-They stop, footsteps
continue...RUN!!!
-Something
is crushed against her and she hears metal ripping. Jem's hand tries to pull
her, but she is tangled up in her costume. T
-here
is a crunching sound and Jem screams.
-The
man whom they are struggling with grabs Scout and begins to strangle her, when
suddenly he is jerked backwards and thrown to the ground.
-Scout
thinks Jem must have saved her, but she still can't see anything.
-She
hears the sound of someone breathing heavily and, walking toward the tree to
lean on, reaches out with her toes to find a person on the ground with stubble
and the smell of stale whiskey.
-She
makes her way in the direction of the road, and in the streetlight she sees a
man carrying Jem, whose arm is hanging down at an odd angle.
-Scout
arrives home, call Dr. Reynolds and Heck Tate/Scout arrives home.
-Aunty
helps Scout change, and hands her overalls, Scout will never forget this.
-Jem is
unconscious and has a broken arm.
-Scout
checks on him, noting an unknown man who carried him sitting quietly in the
corner.
-The
sheriff investigates outside and comes back to report that Mr. Ewell is lying
outside dead with a kitchen knife in his ribs. (Did Jem do this?)
Chapter 29
-Scout
tells the story of what happened outside to Atticus, the sheriff, and everyone
else assembled. --Mr. Tate notes the mark that Mr. Ewell's knife made in
Scout's costume, and points out that Mr. Ewell meant to seriously harm or kill
the children.
-When
Scout points out the man who carried Jem, she finally takes a good look at him.
He is very, very pale, with thin cheeks and feathery hair, and seems somewhat
tense and nervous.
-She
suddenly recognizes him and is moved to tears, says "Hey, Boo.”
