Go Set A Watchman

Aunt Alexandra wakes Jean Louise, reporting that the local gossip has told the whole town that she saw Jean Louise and Hank swimming in the river at one in the morning—naked. Despite her claims that learning of this indiscretion will kill Atticus, Jean Louise’s father only exhibits wry amusement at the situation. Aunt Alexandra is also none-too-pleased by Jean Louise’s suggestion that she must now marry Hank to save the family name. The group goes to church, where Jean Louise encounters her Uncle Jack, a doctor who retired to indulge his love of Victorian literature once he had made enough money.

Jean Louise is surprised to learn that the local music director, Mr. Herbert, has changed the way the hymns are sung. The minister does not notice because he is tone deaf. The minister, Mr. Stone, begins his sermon by reading a passage from Isaiah: “For thus hath the Lord said unto me, / Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.”

Afterward, Uncle Jack confronts Mr. Herbert, who claims he is following the directives of a music instructor from New Jersey. Uncle Jack argues with the man regarding the inconsistencies in the music instructor’s arguments.