Приключения Гекльберри Финна

Chapter 23

           Whenmeandthekingandthedukegothometotheraftweallhadasupper;andbyandby,aboutmidnight,theymadeJimandmebackheroutandfloatherdownthemiddleoftheriver,andfetchherinandhideherabouttwomilebelowtown.

           Thethirdnightthehousewascrammedagainandtheywarn’tnew-comersthistime,butpeoplethatwasattheshowtheothertwonights.Istoodbythedukeatthedoor,andIseethateverymanthatwentinhadhispocketsbulging,orsomethingmuffledupunderhiscoatandIseeitwarn’tnoperfumery,neither,notbyalongsight.Ismeltsicklyeggsbythebarrel,androttencabbages,andsuchthings;andifIknowthesignsofadeadcatbeingaround,andIbetIdo,therewassixty-fourofthemwentin.Ishovedinthereforaminute,butitwastoovariousforme;Icouldn’tstandit.Well,whentheplacecouldn’tholdnomorepeoplethedukehegiveafellowaquarterandtoldhimtotenddoorforhimaminute,andthenhestartedaroundforthestagedoor,Iafterhim;buttheminuteweturnedthecornerandwasinthedarkhesays:

           "Walkfastnowtillyougetawayfromthehouses,andthenshinfortheraftlikethedickenswasafteryou!"

           Idoneit,andhedonethesame.Westrucktheraftatthesametime,andinlessthantwosecondswewasglidingdownstream,alldarkandstill,andedgingtowardsthemiddleoftheriver,nobodysayingaword.

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