Summary: Bob Ewell's threats shocked everyone but Atticus. The children become more and more agitated about it and ask Atticus to borrow a gun from someone. He tells the kids to look at it from Bob's point of view: atticus had destroyed what little reputation Bob had at that trial. He tells the kids that Tom has been transferred to a prison 70 miles away. Atticus and Jem discuss the morality of the death penalty and then the topic of juries. After hearing that one of the Cunninghams was what held the jury out for so long, Scout wants to have Walter jr. over for dinner, but alexandra forbids it, because 'He - is - trash'. Scout begins to cry and they go to bed, where the kids discuss the nature of the world and how there should be only one kind of folks - folks.
At a missionary meeting, Scout listens to the missionary circle first discuss the plight of the poor Mrunas, and then talk about how their own black servants have behaved badly ever since Tom's trial. Miss Maudie shuts up their talk. Suddenly, Atticus appears and calls Alexandra to the kitchen. There he tells her, Scout, Calpurnia, and Miss Maudie that Tom Robinson attempted to escape and was shot seventeen times. He takes Calpurnia with him to tell Tom's family of his death. Alexandra asks Miss Maudie how the town can allow Atticus to wreck himself in pursuit of justice. Maudie replies that the town trusts him to do right. They return to the missionary circle, managing to act as if nothing is wrong.
Literary elements:
Allusion: the Mrunas were an African tribe converted to Christianity and had been struggling at the time of the book.
Simile: Mrs. Merriweather played her voice like an organ
New characters:
Mrs. Merriweather
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