“We weren’t makin’ fun of him, we weren’t laughin’ at him,” said Jem, “we were just—” “So that was what you were doing, wasn’t it?” “Makin’ fun of him?” “No,” said Atticus, “putting his life’s history on display for the edification of the neighborhood.” Jem seemed to swell a little. “I didn’t say we were doin’ that, I didn’t say it!” Atticus grinned dryly. “You just told me,” he said. “You stop this nonsense right now, every one of you.”
