Chapter XXIII
AT last the sleepy
discount
uggs for women atmosphere was stirred--and vigorously: the murder
trial came on in the court. It became the absorbing topic of village
talk immediately. Tom could not get away from it. Every reference to
the murder sent a shudder to his heart, for his troubled conscience and
fears almost persuaded him that these remarks were put forth
in
discount ugg boots his
hearing as "feelers"; he did not see how he could be suspected of
knowing anything about the murder, but still he could not be
comfortable in the midst of this gossip. It kept him in a cold shiver
all the time. He took Huck to a lonely place to
cheap uggs
online have a talk with him.
It would be some relief to
unseal his tongue for a little while; to
divide his burden of distress
with another sufferer. Moreover, he
wanted to assure himself that Huck
had remained discreet.
"Huck, have you ever told anybody about--that?"
"'Bout what?"
"You know what."
ugg boots discount
outlet "Oh--'course I haven't."
"Never a word?"
"Never a solitary word, so help me. What makes you ask?"
"Well, I was afeard."
"Why, Tom Sawyer, we wouldn't be alive two days
if that got found out.
YOU know that."
Tom felt more
comfortable. After a pause:
"Huck, they couldn't anybody get
cheap uggs
online you to tell, could they?"
"Get me to tell? Why, if
I wanted that half-breed devil to drownd me
they could get me to tell.
They ain't no different way."
"Well, that's all right, then. I reckon
we're safe as long as we keep
mum. But let's swear again,
anyway.
uggs
discount It's more surer."
"I'm agreed."
So they
swore again with dread solemnities.
"What is the talk around, Huck?
I've heard a power of it."
"Talk? Well, it's just Muff Potter, Muff
Potter, Muff Potter all the