o tears.The fact that Tom Robinson is crippled, with his left hand shriveled, proves that he could not have been the one to beat up Mayella, since the bruises were on the right side of her face. The case appears to go in favor of Tom Robinson. Pages 190 206Thomas Robinson is Atticus only witness, and he is called to the stand. It is mentioned that he had earlier been in trouble with the law for disorderly conduct. Apparently, Tom used to go across Mayellas house to Mr. Link Deas place to work on his yard. Mayella used to regularly ask him to do some minor chores for her. The other children used to always be around. On that particular day, she had called him in to repair a hinge of the door, which Tom, however, had found to be all right. When he asked about the children, Mayella says that she had saved up some money so that she could send them to town for ice cream. When Tom climbed a chair to remove a box from high up, shes hugged his legs even tried to kiss him. While he had been fighting her off, her father had entered. Tom had fled away in fear for his life. He said that he didnt even laid a finger on Mayella, and definitely not raped her. In the middle of all this, Mr. Link Deas rises and proclaims loudly that Tom (while he had worked for him) had been no trouble to him at all. The judge made him get out of the courtroom. Through Toms relation of his version of the story, he comes across an honest, hardworking Negro, well mannered and always willing to help anyone in trouble. Mayellas sad loneliness is sadly pictured. She is a girl seeking love and attention, and Tom is the only visible source of any love that she could hope for. The children return to the courtroom. The children are scared. He then begins to speak. He insists that there is no proof that Tom has raped Mayella, no decision of any doctor. He also insists that Mayella, has committed no crime. She is just a "victim of cruel poverty and ignorance". At the end of his sp...
