“Do you want to tell us what really happened?” – Atticus, To Kill a Mockingbird ... Movie Quotes Database

Atticus

Do you want to tell us what really happened?

Mayella

I got somethin' to say. And then I ain't gonna say no more. He took advantage of me. An' if you fine, fancy gentlemen ain't gonna do nothin' about it, then you're just a bunch of lousy, yella, stinkin' cowards, the - the whole bunch of ya, and your fancy airs don't come to nothin'. Your Ma'am'in' and your Miss Mayellarin' - it don't come to nothin', Mr. Finch, not...no.

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Atticus Finch Gregory Peck More Atticus quotes →

Mayella Collin Wilcox Paxton

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