UNDERWOOD in Classic Quotes

1  Something must have been up to haul Mr. Underwood out.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

2  Mr. Gilmer was standing at the windows talking to Mr. Underwood.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 21

3  Mr. Underwood not only ran The Maycomb Tribune office, he lived in it.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

4  How could this be so, I wondered, as I read Mr. Underwood's editorial.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 25

5  He glanced at Atticus, then at the jury, then at Mr. Underwood sitting across the room.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 19

6  Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 25

7  Mr. Underwood didn't talk about miscarriages of justice, he was writing so children could understand.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 25

8  Mr. Underwood and a double-barreled shotgun were leaning out his window above The Maycomb Tribune office.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

9  Underwood was at his most bitter, and he couldn't have cared less who canceled advertising and subscriptions.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 25

10  Mr. Underwood had no use for any organization but The Maycomb Tribune, of which he was the sole owner, editor, and printer.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

11  Then Mr. Underwood's meaning became clear: Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 25

12  Local opinion held Mr. Underwood to be an intense, profane little man, whose father in a fey fit of humor christened Braxton Bragg, a name Mr. Underwood had done his best to live down.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

13  It was long past my bedtime and I was growing quite tired; it seemed that Atticus and Mr. Underwood would talk for the rest of the night, Mr. Underwood out the window and Atticus up at him.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

14  Mr. Braxton Underwood, who had been sitting quietly in a chair reserved for the Press, soaking up testimony with his sponge of a brain, allowed his bitter eyes to rove over the colored balcony, and they met mine.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 18