To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 15

After many telephone calls, much pleading on behalf of the defendant ¹, and a longforgiving letter from his mother, it was decided ² that Dill could stay. We had a week ofpeace together. After that, little, it seemed. A nightmare was upon us., ,It began one evening after supper. Dill was over; Aunt Alexandra was in her chair inthe corner, Atticus was in his; Jem and I were on the floor reading. It had been a placidweek: I had minded Aunty; Jem had outgrown ³ the treehouse, but helped Dill and meconstruct a new rope ladder for it; Dill had hit upon a foolproof plan to make Boo Radleycome out at no cost to ourselves (place a trail of lemon drops from the back door to thefront yard and he'd follow it, like an ant). There was a knock on the front door, Jemanswered it and said it was Mr. Heck Tate., ,"Well, ask him to come in," said Atticus., , ,In Maycomb, grown men stood outside in the front yard for only two reasons: deathand politics. I wondered who had died. Jem and I went to the front door, but Atticuscalled, "Go back in the house.", ,Jem turned out the livingroom lights and pressed his nose to a window screen. AuntAlexandra protested. "Just for a second, Aunty, let's see who it is," he said., ,The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。,This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势 。