To Kill a Mockingbird

Why does Calpurnia scold the narrator?

In chapter 3, and what page number?

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Scout is rude to Walter when he pours syrup all over his food. Calpurnia admonishes Scout for not using the manners she's been taught. Calpurnia is completely in the right. Scout has been taught better, and Walter hasn't. She needs to hold her tongue and be polite to their guest.