Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches....furthermore, I should be a ray of sunshine in my father's lonely life. I suggested that one could be a ray of sunshine in pants just as well, but Aunty said that one had to behave like a sunbeam, that I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year....When I asked Atticus about it he said there were enough sunbeams in the family and to go on about my business.
To Kill a Mockingbird, p. 81
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