"You know what we want," another man said. "Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch."
"You can turn around and go home again, Walter," Atticus said pleasantly. "Heck Tate's around somewhere."
"The hell he is," said another man.
"... Called 'em off on a snipe hunt... Didn't you think about that, Mr. Finch."
<span> "Thought about it, but didn't believe it. Well then," my father's voice was still the same, "that changes things, doesn't it?"</span>
It is a metaphor. A simile has like or as in it.
Answer:
The delaware River
Explanation:
The others are talking about food. Your Welcome
The Answer is: It is their only way out.
"Yes," replied the Professor, looking at me calmly from under his spectacles, "it is the only chance which remains to us of ever escaping from the interior of the earth to the light of day."