The trial ends in Ch. 21 and towards the end of the chapter it says Atticus went to Tom Robinson and
"whispered something to him. He put his hand on his shoulder and whispered something to him" (Ch.21).
We are not told what Atticus whispers to Tom. In Ch. 22 we know that Atticus plans to appeal, so it is possible that this is what he whispered to Tom, but we cannot know for sure....
The trial ends in Ch. 21 and towards the end of the chapter it says Atticus went to Tom Robinson and
"whispered something to him. He put his hand on his shoulder and whispered something to him" (Ch.21).
We are not told what Atticus whispers to Tom. In Ch. 22 we know that Atticus plans to appeal, so it is possible that this is what he whispered to Tom, but we cannot know for sure. It is also not uncommon for a defense attorney, with an unfavorable outcome at hand, to offer his condolences to the defendant. Atticus might have been saying something along the lines of "I'm sorry about the outcome, but we'll keep fighting..." which would be typical in real-life and fit with what we know in the next chapter.
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