To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 28

The weather was unusually warm for the last day of October. We didn't even needjackets. The wind was growing stronger, and Jem said it might be raining before we gothome. There was no moon. The street light on the corner cast sharp shadows on theRadley house. I heard Jem laugh softly. "Bet nobody bothers them tonight," he said., ,Jem was carrying my ham costume, rather awkwardly, as it was hard to hold. I thought itgallant of him to do so., ,"It is a scary place though, ain't it?" I said. "Boo doesn't mean anybody any harm, butI'm right glad you're along." "You know Atticus wouldn't let you go to the schoolhouse byyourself," Jem said., , ,"That yard's a mighty ¹ long place for little girls to cross at night," Jem teased. "Ain't youscared of haints?", ,We laughed. Haints, Hot Steams, incantations, secret signs, had vanished with ouryears as mist with sunrise. "What was that old thing," Jem said, "Angel bright, life-in-death; get off the road, don't suck my breath.", ,The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。,I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉 。