Chapter 18

Mayella Ewell takes the stand.

Vocabulary All page numbers refer to the Warner Books Edition: December, 1982.

"...a thick-bodied girl accustomed to strenuous labor (p. 181)."

"...as opposed to yearly lavations...(p. 181)."

" 'Where were you at dusk on that evening (p. 181).' "

"Mollified, Mayella gave Atticus a final terrified glance...(p. 182)."

" '...there was this old chiffarobe in the yard...(p. 182).' "

"...the younger children had perpetual colds and suffered from chronic ground-itch...(p. 185)."

"Mayella's hostility, which had subsided to grudging neutrality, flared again (p. 186)."

" 'He does tollable, 'cept when...(p. 186).' "

" 'When he's - - riled, has he ever beaten you (p. 186)?' "

"Atticus was making his slow pilgrimage to the windows...(p. 186)."

"...he was speaking in his arid, detached professional voice (p. 187)."

"Mayella sniffed wrathfully and looked at Atticus (p. 188)."

" 'Miss Mayella, not to be tedious...' "

"But Atticus had told us that in Judge Taylor's court any lawyer who was a strict constructionalist on evidence usually wound up receiving strict instructions from the bench (p. 191)."

Allusions All page numbers refer to the Warner Books Edition: December, 1982.

"Mayella sounded like a Mr. Jingle in a book I had been reading (p. 185)."

" 'He got it caught in a cotton gin...(p. 188).' "

Idioms All page numbers refer to the Warner Books Edition: December, 1982.

" '- he chunked me on the floor an' choked me'n took advantage of me (p. 183).' "