The month was a puzzlement for me. The summer would be ending soon, and I would have to persue my job as a teacher. Prehaps teaching a group of children would keep my mind off of things. I hoped it did.

As the summer was drawing to a close, I noticed something peculiar. Wooden sawhorses had been placed around the Radley house, straw had been thrown on the side walk, and the streets looked deserted. "What's happening", I asked Miss Maudie one morning. She shook her head and whispered, "Old Mr. Radley is dying." Mr. Radley was dying. I didn't know how this was supposed to effect me. Was it a good thing, or a bad thing? On the up side, I might be able to see Arthur without getting thrown out of his house. But, I didn't wish Mr. Radley dead. No, I would never wish him dead, not even if I detested him so.

Almost a week later, the sawhorses were moved away, and I saw the body of Mr. Radley making his final trip into town. The sight of this was enough to send a chill up my spine.

Two days later, to the town's surprise, Nathan Radley returned from Pensicola to take Mr. Radley's place. Nathan was Arthur's older brother. I remembered speaking him a few times, but never saying anything more than, "How are you today?"

After contemplating for it a while, I decided to visit Arthur again. Nathan couldn't be any worse than Mr. Radley. I marched up to the sad house and knocked on the door. Nathan answered. "Yes", was all he said. I smiled. "Hi, Nathan. You probably don't remember me, but I'm Audrey Honeycutt." He seemed surprised as it dawned on him. ''Come in", he said a little dumbfounded.