have modern heating in their homes. I run up to the window and I see him with my Mayella. Noted here for the use of the historical present tense, though in fact, more educated people would use the simple past in court. What did you do after you saw the defendant? A legal term that refers to the person accused of the crime. You folks were doing a lot of running that night. Did you run for a doctor? Note that Atticus asks this question to show that there was in fact no medical evidence that Mayella had ever been raped. Are you left-handed Mr. Ewell? A "left-handed" person uses his left hand for writing and other major functions. The opposite of "right-handed." What's that got to do with it, Judge?! I'm a God-fearing man! If someone questions what one thing "has to do" with another, they are asking "How are these two things related?" Note that conservative Christians will often say that they are "God-fearing." That Atticus Finch is trying to take advantage of me! You got to watch tricky lawyers like Atticus Finch. "Tricky" is an interesting adjective that refers to someone who manipulates the truth, or can easily trick or mislead. Suppose you tell us just what happened. An old-fashioned word at the beginning of a request that basically means "Go ahead" (and tell us...). In a different context, "I suppose" means "I think." I was sitting on the porch and he came along. A porch is an outdoor space with a roof that is often immediately next to a house. "To come along" is another way to say walk by or come by. You come in here and I'll bust up the chifforobe and I'll give you a nickel. "To bust up" something is to destroy it or take it apart. A chifforobe is an old word for a piece of furniture that held clothes, but it is no longer used (at least outside the South). The next thing, papa's standing in the room yelling who done it? Very old "Southern English" for "who did it?" Is he easy to get along with? :: He's tolerable. "To tolerate" is to accept, so if someone is tolerable, you can live with them or accept them, but this is not a compliment! When he's riled, has he ever beaten you? "To be riled up" is an interesting way to say emotional or angry, but "riled" alone is rarely used anymore. You say "he caught me, choked me and took advantage of me?" "To choke" someone is to try and cut off their air by squeezing their neck so they cannot breath. I don't recollect if he hit me. An old-fashioned way to say "remember." Can you identify the man who hit you? :: Most certainly will, sitting right yonder. A very old and Southern way of saying "right over there." Tom Robinson takes the stand, and tells a town what it does not want to hear. I got it caught in a cotton gin when I was 12. All my muscles w
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