Jem, Scout, and Dill decided to go sneak around the Radley house. They wanted to see Boo Radley by looking through a window. They were scared off when Mr. Radley saw them. They ran and escaped through the back fence, but Jem's pants got stuck on the barbed wire. He had to leave them behind, but he knew he could not account for his pants simply vanishing. Despite Scout's protests, Jem went back to the Radley yard to fetch his pants after Atticus had gone to sleep.
When Jem came back, he did not tell Scout what he had found. He later told Scout what had happened. His pants were there, but not stuck to the barbed wire fence:
"When I went back for my breeches—they were all in a tangle when I was gettin' out of 'em, I couldn't get 'em loose. When I went back—" Jem took a deep breath. "When I went back, they were folded across the fence… like they were expectin' me." (To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 7).
Jem was confused about how he had found his pants. He also told Scout that they had been crudely stitched. Both Scout and Jem agreed that someone had expected him to return for the pants.
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