on, Dill begins to lose interest in this arrangement in favor of a brotherhood withJem. Though this does create feelings of sadness and abandonment in Scout, it is far more likely that Scout is longing for the feelings of her young childhood than that of a potential romance.

In Harper Lee's second novel, Go Set a Watchman, Scout remains unmarried at the age of 26. It should be noted, however, that the circumstances around the release of this work have been considered dubious. There is not a clear consensus in the literary world on whether or not the work can be considered a canonical continuation of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Since Jean Louise Finch (Scout) is telling the story of her childhood in retrospect, the audience does not know if she and Dill ever became husband and wife. The last time Scout is with Dill in the story takes place when she is eight years old in chapter 25. Scout recalls heading to Maycomb Junction, where she waves goodbye to Dill for the last time in the story as he travels back to Meridian. Earlier in the novel, Dill humorously proposes to Scout and she agrees to marry him. However, Scout gets upset with Dill for spending more time with Jem and neglecting her. In chapter 5, Scout says,

He [Dill] had asked me earlier in the summer to marry him, then he promptly forgot about it. He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love, then he neglected me. I beat him up twice but it did no good, he only grew closer to Jem. (Lee, 42)

In chapter 12, Scout laments the absence of her "permanent fiancé" while Dill is back home in Meridian during the school year. Despite their childhood affection for each other and Dill's promise to marry Scout, the reader cannot be certain that Dill proposes to Scout as an adult and she agrees to marry him.

This is a good question. The answer in short is we do not know.

In a humorous section of the book, Scout and Dill become good friends. Within this context, a crush develops as Dill promises to marry Scout. We read of this in chapter 12. In a letter Dill apologizes that he could not come to Maycomb, but he reminds Scout that he will be back to fulfill his promise of marriage. Here is the quote:

Dill concluded by saying he would love me forever and not to worry, he would come get me and marry me as soon as he got enough money together, so please write. The fact that I had a permanent fiancé was little compensation for his absence:

We do not know what happens later on, because the book does not trace the lives of Scout and Dill. In fact, if we look at the book from a temporal point of view, the book starts when Scout is six and the book ends when she is nine. That said, one does hope that Dill and Scout do get together.