Calpurnia
Calpurnia, the negro maid to Atticus and his children, plays a reasonably important role in this chapter. Because the children's mother had passed away, Calpurnia was almost like a mother figure to them, although this could not be said openly as she was a black woman. When she enters the courtroom with the letter from Aunt Alexandria, she is obviously extremely worried about the children and so when she leaves with them at her side she scolds them to no end, not because she was angry but because she was worried and thought that the trail was completely inappropriate for children of Scout and Jem's age.
Calpurnia, the negro maid to Atticus and his children, plays a reasonably important role in this chapter. Because the children's mother had passed away, Calpurnia was almost like a mother figure to them, although this could not be said openly as she was a black woman. When she enters the courtroom with the letter from Aunt Alexandria, she is obviously extremely worried about the children and so when she leaves with them at her side she scolds them to no end, not because she was angry but because she was worried and thought that the trail was completely inappropriate for children of Scout and Jem's age.