Once everyone gets home from the incident at the jail, Scout sleeps in Jem’s bed after she starts crying in her own. The next morning everyone except for Jem have lost their appetite, and there is a palpable tension between Alexandra and Atticus over the events of the night previous. Atticus says he’s glad the children followed him whilst Alexandra insists that Mr. Underwood would have kept them safe. Atticus then comments on the oddity of Mr. Underwood who dislikes black people, yet protected Tom Robinson and Atticus. Alexandra is appalled that Atticus would say what he said about Mr. Underwood in front of Cal because it might inspire gossip, but Atticus rejoins that whatever is said at the table is fit for Cal’s ears and that maybe they black
