Aunt Alexandra has been in Maycomb for a while now, and she's made a lot of friends. On this day, she has a lot of friends over for what they call a Missionary Circle - basically the ladies sit around, eat dainty little cakes and cookies, and gossip. Sounds fun to me! Except that the trial has just ended, so everyone naturally wants to talk about that. As you can imagine, gossip turns nasty and racist and they even talk some smack about Atticus. Alexandra and their close neighbors don't, but it hurts everyone's feelings to hear what some people are saying. Scout is there, too. She's learning how to be a lady.
Here's the audio for Chapter 24:
Start at 13:36 - that's at the bottom of 234 in your book.
Chapter 28 is a scary one.
It's Halloween, and Scout is going to be a ham in the school's Halloween pageant.
Here's the audio for Chapter 28:
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