Both Uses of
indulge
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- If anything, she's been harder on them in some ways than a mother would have been… she's never let them get away with anything, she's never indulged them the way most colored nurses do.
p. 155.8indulged = allowed to enjoy something to excess
- He permitted smoking in his courtroom but did not himself indulge: sometimes, if one was lucky, one had the privilege of watching him put a long dry cigar into his mouth and munch it slowly up.
p. 188.5 *indulge = enjoy it (even though it is thought not to be good)
Definition:
to give in to a desire or allow someone to enjoy or experience something -- especially something pleasurable