Приключения Тома Сойера

Chapter 29

           Thesurefunoftheeveningoutweighedtheuncertaintreasure; and,boy-like,hedeterminedtoyieldtothestrongerinclinationandnotallowhimselftothinkoftheboxofmoneyanothertimethatday. 

           Threemilesbelowtowntheferryboatstoppedatthemouthofawoodyhollowandtiedup. Thecrowdswarmedashoreandsoontheforestdistancesandcraggyheightsechoedfarandnearwithshoutingsandlaughter. Allthedifferentwaysofgettinghotandtiredweregonethroughwith,andby-and-bytheroversstraggledbacktocampfortifiedwithresponsibleappetites,andthenthedestructionofthegoodthingsbegan. Afterthefeasttherewasarefreshingseasonofrestandchatintheshadeofspreadingoaks. By-and-bysomebodyshouted: 

           "Who’sreadyforthecave?" 

           Everybodywas. Bundlesofcandleswereprocured,andstraightwaytherewasageneralscamperupthehill. ThemouthofthecavewasupthehillsideanopeningshapedlikealetterA. Itsmassiveoakendoorstoodunbarred. Withinwasasmallchamber,chillyasanice-house,andwalledbyNaturewithsolidlimestonethatwasdewywithacoldsweat. Itwasromanticandmysterioustostandhereinthedeepgloomandlookoutuponthegreenvalleyshininginthesun. Buttheimpressivenessofthesituationquicklyworeoff,andtherompingbeganagain. Themomentacandlewaslightedtherewasageneralrushupontheownerofit; astruggleandagallantdefencefollowed,butthecandlewassoonknockeddownorblownout,andthentherewasagladclamoroflaughterandanewchase. Butallthingshaveanend. By-and-bytheprocessionwentfilingdownthesteepdescentofthemainavenue,theflickeringrankoflightsdimlyrevealingtheloftywallsofrockalmosttotheirpointofjunctionsixtyfeetoverhead. Thismainavenuewasnotmorethaneightortenfeetwide. 

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