The hyper-active commotion causes the two aunts, dressed in black mourning gowns in preparation for the burial rites, to inquire about the noise - Jonathan explains: "We caught a burglar, a sneak thief.She regarded the two of them as not a mother-son relationship, but as a ""famous couple"" ("Sebastian and Violet"):We left behind us a trail of days like a gallery of sculpture - until suddenly, last summer.My name""s Ray Kinsella.Mom died when I was three, and I suppose Dad did the best he could.Instead of Mother Goose, I was put to bed at night to stories of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the great Shoeless Joe Jackson.Potter calls George""s ideals "sentimental hogwash." The board votes not to sell out to Potter but to keep the Bailey Building and Loan Company under one condition - if George is kept in charge as Executive Secretary to succeed his father.Jem sees Mr.Radley walk by and quiets his pals, and then they run over and stare at the Radley house and yard:Jem: There goes the meanest man that ever took a breath of life.