? ? ? ? "Huck, have you ever told anybody about- that?"
? ? ? ? "'Bout what?"
? ? ? ? "You know what."
? ? ? ? "O- '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 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. It's more surer."
? ? ? ? "I'm agreed."
? ? ? ? So they swore again with dread solemnities.
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