Scout walks outside onto the porch with Boo. They listen to as Heck insists that Ewell fell on the knife and his death was an accident. Atticus believes that Jem killed Ewell and he doesn't want to make excuses for his son. Heck knows that Boo killed the man, but wants to keep it quiet. Heck tells Atticus, "Let the dead bury the dead." Tom Robinson died for no reason and now the man who caused his death.....
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