The Author uses Foreshadowing in the beginning of the chapter to give the readers a clue as to what would happen at the end of the chapter. Explain

There are certainly hints that something ominous was going to happen,

"We had a week of peace together. After that, little, it seemed. A nightmare was upon us."

"In Maycomb, grown men stood outside in the front yard for only two reasons: death and politics. I wondered who had died. Jem and I went to the front door, but Atticus called, “Go back in the house.”