The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

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Twain, Mark

"The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer"

He still said it was "all right," but there was such a leaden dread at his heart, that the words had lost their ring and sounded just as if he had said, "All is lost!" Becky clung to his side in an anguish of fear, and tried hard to keep back the tears, but they would come. At last she said:

? ? ? ? "O, Tom, never mind the bats, let's go back that way! We seem to get worse and worse off all the time."

? ? ? ? Tom stopped.

? ? ? ? "Listen!" said he.

? ? ? ? Profound silence; silence so deep that even their breathings were conspicuous in the hush. Tom shouted. The call went echoing down the empty aisles and died out in the distance in a faint sound that resembled a ripple of mocking laughter.

? ? ? ? "O, don't do it again, Tom, it is too horrid," said Becky.

? ? ? ? "It is horrid, but I better, Becky; they might hear us, you know;" and he shouted again.

? ? ? ? The "might" was even a chillier horror than the ghostly laughter, it so confessed a perishing hope.

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Twain, Mark

"The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer"