“I'm real sorry they picked you to defend that **** that raped my...” – Bob Ewell, To Kill a Mockingbird ... Movie Quotes Database

A scene from To Kill a Mockingbird 1962

[to Atticus]

I'm real sorry they picked you to defend that **** that raped my Mayella. I don't know why I didn't kill him myself instead of goin' to the sheriff. That would have saved you and the sheriff and the taxpayers lots of trouble...What kind of a man are you? You got chillun of your own.

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