Atticus goes to sit outside the jail in Maycomb to make sure no one bothers Tom Robinson. Scout, Jem, and Dill sneak out of the house to go see him there. They spot a mob of men approaching. Scout sees Mr. Cunningham in the mob and she speaks to him. She is friends with his son, Walter, Jr. At first, Mr. Cunningham does not acknowledge her. She continues to compliment his son, and eventually he bends down to speak kindly to her. Mr. Cunningham tells the rest of the mob to leave.
After the mob leaves, Atticus takes the children home. Scout realizes how serious the events that happened in front of the jail were. She understands that the mob could have hurt Tom Robinson or Atticus if they had not left. She begins to cry:
The full meaning of the night's events hit me and I began crying (To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 16).
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