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|Scout |Jem |
|038. "See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, |003. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his rigth; when he stood or |
|sometimes you act so much like a girl it's mortifyin'." |walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb |
| |parallel to his thigh |
|041. I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always |104. Atticus pushed my head under his chin. "It's not time to worry yet," he |
|imagined things, that's why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving |said. "I never thought Jem'd be the one to lose his head over this -thought |
|like one I could just go and off and find some to play with. |I'd have more trouble with you." |
|051/052. "Scouy, I'm telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home- I |115. Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody. His |
|declare to the Lord you're gettin' more like a girl everyday!" With that I had no |appetite was appalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him I |
|option but to join them. (…) |consulted Atticus: "Reckon he's got a tapeworm?" Atticus said no, Jem was |
| |growing. I must be patient with him and disturb him as little as possible. |
|081. Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly |226. (…) "You know

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