I just want to appreciate how smart Atticus is. He knew everything that Jem, Scout, and Dill were doing. He knew that they were making fun of Boo. He just plain old knew. He is like that parent that almost has secret cameras everywhere and watching you constantly. Atticus knew when he saw them with the scissors. He just wanted to give Jem the chance to confess to him and accept the consequences. We almost wish that he had been guilted enough into confessing. I have a feeling that a time is going to come that the game they were playing is going to come back to haunt them.
When Atticus finds them trying to leave them the note, Atticus uses a trick on Jem. A trick that Jem should have known because he wants to be a lawyer. Atticus uses the Lawyer Golden Rule which means that Atticus doesn't ask any questions that he doesn't know the answer to. He knows that they were playing "Boo Radley." I am guessing that Jem and Scout are probably going to get grounded. I think that they may not be able to go see Dill a whole lot. We can know for sure that they aren't allowed to play "Boo Radley" anymore, and we can assume that they won't disobey Atticus.
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