Close to the end of the book, Mr. Ewell attacked Jem and Scout with a blade while they were strolling home one night. Boo acted the hero. Jem was harmed in the fight. Scout watched Boo"walking with the staccato steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him... He was carrying Jem."
When she returned home and understood that it was Boo who had saved them, Scout stretched out her hand to him in kinship. She understood that Boo was their friend.
