chapter 19

Tom Robinson was at the whiteness stand telling everyone his version of the night where Miss Mayella was supposedly taken advantage of. he said that he always saw her on his why home from work; she'd often have odd jobs for him to do. though he had his own chores to do at home, he felt that Mayella put more of an effort into herself than the rest of her family did. he said neither her dad nor the children seemed to help her and he was giving her a hand out of the kindness of his heart.

one night she told Tom she needed him to do something inside the house; the door was creaking and it needed a look. when Tom went inside, the door hinges were fine and when he noticed the lack of kids running around, Miss Mayella told him she had saved up seven nickels so the kids could go out and get some ice cream. Tom said he might as be on his way if she hadn't had any work for him, but he soon found that her interest wasn't solely in his work ethic.

as Tom was standing atop Mayellas chifferobe to grab something from the shelf, she hugged him around his waste and one thing led to another. Tom, being a married man, was not in any hurry to accept her affection and tried to make his way out the door;  just then Mister Ewall poked his head through the window and whilst glaring at Miss Mayella growled "you god damn whore!"
Tom ran as fast as he could to get away, said "if you was a nigger liek me, youd understand why i ran" when asked what the point of running was if he hadent done anything.