The prosecutor's cross-examination of Tom Robinson was too
much for Dill, who began crying in the balcony of the courtroom. Scout led him outside
for a breather, where they met Dolphus Raymond. Raymond settled Dill's stomach a bit
with a swig of Coca-Cola and some soothing reassurances. When Scout asked why Raymond
had "entrusted us with his deepest secret"--that the bottle in the sack actually
contains no whiskey--he told them that they were innocent enough to understand. In a few
years, Raymond said, Dill wouldn't cry so easily about such matters. Life would later
harden him:
"Let him get a little older and he won't get sick
and cry... you haven't seen enough of the world
yet."
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