Mrs. Merriweather is a sanctimonious hypocrite, of
course. While she extols the Reverend J. Grimes Everett's missionary efforts in Mruna,
she derogates her maid Sophy later on, accusing her of
stupidity:
It's never entered that wool of hers that the
only reason I keep her is because the depression's on and she needs her dollar and a
quarter every week....
And,
then, she continues in her hypocrisy by saying that she believes in forgiving and
forgetting, and that Tom Robinson's wife should live a Christian life--as though she
does! Additionally, she does not mention what exactly it is that Mrs. Robinson has done
that is unChristian, and intimates that Tom Robinson is guilty of what Mayella Ewell has
accused him.
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