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Myella has never heard of such polite words, so she thought they were insults.

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Myella thinks Atticus is mocking her because he uses formal language and speaks to her politely, which is not how she is used to being treated by others in her community. She interprets his respectful tone as sarcasm and mockery because she cannot fathom someone genuinely being polite to her.

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