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  • Huck said: “Tom, we can slope, if we can find a rope. The window ain’t high from the ground.”

    “Shucks! what do you want to slope for?”

    “Well, I ain’t used to that kind of a crowd. I can’t stand it. I ain’t going down there, Tom.”

    “Oh, bother! It ain’t anything. I don’t mind it a bit. I’ll take care of you.”

    Sid appeared.

    “Tom,” said he, “auntie has been waiting for you all the afternoon. Mary got your Sunday clothes ready, and everybody’s been fretting1 about you. Say—ain’t this grease and clay, on your clothes?”

    “Now, Mr. Siddy, you jist ’tend to your own business. What’s all this blowout about, anyway?”

    “It’s one of the widow’s parties that she’s always having. This time it’s for the Welshman and his sons, on account of that scrape they helped her out of the other night. And say—I can tell you something, if you want to know.”

    “Well, what?”

    “Why, old Mr. Jones is going to try to spring something on the people here tonight, but I overheard him tell auntie today about it, as a secret, but I reckon it’s not much of a secret now. Everybody knows—the widow, too, for all she tries to let on she don’t. Mr. Jones was bound Huck should be here—couldn’t get along with his grand secret without Huck, you know!”

    “Secret about what, Sid?”

    “About Huck tracking the robbers to the widow’s. I reckon Mr. Jones was going to make a grand time over his surprise, but I bet you it will drop pretty flat.”

    Sid chuckled2 in a very contented3 and satisfied way.

    “Sid, was it you that told?”

    “Oh, never mind who it was. Somebody told—that’s enough.”

    “Sid, there’s only one person in this town mean enough to do that, and that’s you. If you had been in Huck’s place you’d ’a’ sneaked4 down the hill and never told anybody on the robbers. You can’t do any but mean things, and you can’t bear to see anybody praised for doing good ones. There—no thanks, as the widow says”—and Tom cuffed5 Sid’s ears and helped him to the door with several kicks. “Now go and tell auntie if you dare—and tomorrow you’ll catch it!”

    Some minutes later the widow’s guests were at the supper-table, and a dozen children were propped6 up at little side-tables in the same room, after the fashion of that country and that day. At the proper time Mr. Jones made his little speech, in which he thanked the widow for the honor she was doing himself and his sons, but said that there was another person whose modesty—

    And so forth7 and so on. He sprung his secret about Huck’s share in the adventure in the finest dramatic manner he was master of, but the surprise it occasioned was largely counterfeit8 and not as clamorous9 and effusive10 as it might have been under happier circumstances. However, the widow made a pretty fair show of astonishment11, and heaped so many compliments and so much gratitude12 upon Huck that he almost forgot the nearly intolerable discomfort13 of his new clothes in the entirely14 intolerable discomfort of being set up as a target for everybody’s gaze and everybody’s laudations.

    The widow said she meant to give Huck a home under her roof and have him educated; and that when she could spare the money she would start him in business in a modest way. Tom’s chance was come. He said:

    “Huck don’t need it. Huck’s rich.”

    Nothing but a heavy strain upon the good manners of the company kept back the due and proper complimentary15 laugh at this pleasant joke. But the silence was a little awkward. Tom broke it:

    “Huck’s got money. Maybe you don’t believe it, but he’s got lots of it. Oh, you needn’t smile—I reckon I can show you. You just wait a minute.”

    Tom ran out of doors. The company looked at each other with a perplexed16 interest—and inquiringly at Huck, who was tongue-tied.

    “Sid, what ails17 Tom?” said Aunt Polly. “He—well, there ain’t ever any making of that boy out. I never—”

    Tom entered, struggling with the weight of his sacks, and Aunt Polly did not finish her sentence. Tom poured the mass of yellow coin upon the table and said:

    “There—what did I tell you? Half of it’s Huck’s and half of it’s mine!”

    The spectacle took the general breath away. All gazed, nobody spoke18 for a moment. Then there was a unanimous call for an explanation. Tom said he could furnish it, and he did. The tale was long, but brimful of interest. There was scarcely an interruption from any one to break the charm of its flow. When he had finished, Mr. Jones said:

    “I thought I had fixed19 up a little surprise for this occasion, but it don’t amount to anything now. This one makes it sing mighty20 small, I’m willing to allow.”

    The money was counted. The sum amounted to a little over twelve thousand dollars. It was more than any one present had ever seen at one time before, though several persons were there who were worth considerably21 more than that in property.



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    1 fretting [fretɪŋ] fretting   第9级
    n. 微振磨损 adj. 烦躁的, 焦虑的
    参考例句:
    • Fretting about it won't help. 苦恼于事无补。
    • The old lady is always fretting over something unimportant. 那位老妇人总是为一些小事焦虑不安。
    2 chuckled [ˈtʃʌkld] 8ce1383c838073977a08258a1f3e30f8   第9级
    轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
    • She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情,她就轻轻地暗自发笑。
    3 contented [kənˈtentɪd] Gvxzof   第8级
    adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
    参考例句:
    • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office. 不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
    • The people are making a good living and are contented, each in his station. 人民安居乐业。
    4 sneaked [sni:kt] fcb2f62c486b1c2ed19664da4b5204be   第7级
    v.潜行( sneak的过去式和过去分词 );偷偷溜走;(儿童向成人)打小报告;告状
    参考例句:
    • I sneaked up the stairs. 我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
    • She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch. 她偷偷看了一眼手表。
    5 cuffed [kʌft] e0f189a3fd45ff67f7435e1c3961c957   第9级
    v.掌打,拳打( cuff的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She cuffed the boy on the side of the head. 她向这男孩的头上轻轻打了一巴掌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Mother cuffed the dog when she found it asleep on a chair. 妈妈发现狗睡在椅子上就用手把狗打跑了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    6 propped [prɔpt] 557c00b5b2517b407d1d2ef6ba321b0e   第7级
    支撑,支持,维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He sat propped up in the bed by pillows. 他靠着枕头坐在床上。
    • This fence should be propped up. 这栅栏该用东西支一支。
    7 forth [fɔ:θ] Hzdz2   第7级
    adv.向前;向外,往外
    参考例句:
    • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth. 风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
    • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession. 他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
    8 counterfeit [ˈkaʊntəfɪt] 1oEz8   第9级
    vt.伪造,仿造;adj.伪造的,假冒的
    参考例句:
    • It is a crime to counterfeit money. 伪造货币是犯罪行为。
    • The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit. 这幅画看上去年代久远,实际是最近的一幅赝品。
    9 clamorous ['klæmərəs] OqGzj   第11级
    adj.吵闹的,喧哗的
    参考例句:
    • They are clamorous for better pay. 他们吵吵嚷嚷要求增加工资。
    • The meeting began to become clamorous. 会议开始变得喧哗了。
    10 effusive [ɪˈfju:sɪv] 9qTxf   第9级
    adj.热情洋溢的;感情(过多)流露的
    参考例句:
    • Every visitor noticed that her effusive welcome was not sincere. 所有的客人都看出来她那过分热情的欢迎是不真诚的。
    • Her effusive thanks embarrassed everybody. 她道谢时非常激动,弄得大家不好意思。
    11 astonishment [əˈstɒnɪʃmənt] VvjzR   第8级
    n.惊奇,惊异
    参考例句:
    • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment. 他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
    • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action. 我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
    12 gratitude [ˈgrætɪtju:d] p6wyS   第7级
    adj.感激,感谢
    参考例句:
    • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him. 我向他表示了深切的谢意。
    • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face. 她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
    13 discomfort [dɪsˈkʌmfət] cuvxN   第8级
    n.不舒服,不安,难过,困难,不方便
    参考例句:
    • One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling. 旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
    • She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke. 老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。
    14 entirely [ɪnˈtaɪəli] entirely   第9级
    ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
    参考例句:
    • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
    • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
    15 complimentary [ˌkɒmplɪˈmentri] opqzw   第8级
    adj.赠送的,免费的,赞美的,恭维的
    参考例句:
    • She made some highly complimentary remarks about their school. 她对他们的学校给予高度的评价。
    • The supermarket operates a complimentary shuttle service. 这家超市提供免费购物班车。
    16 perplexed [pəˈplekst] A3Rz0   第11级
    adj.不知所措的;困惑的
    参考例句:
    • The farmer felt the cow, went away, returned, sorely perplexed, always afraid of being cheated. 那农民摸摸那头牛,走了又回来,犹豫不决,总怕上当受骗。
    • The child was perplexed by the intricate plot of the story. 这孩子被那头绪纷繁的故事弄得迷惑不解。
    17 ails [eɪlz] c1d673fb92864db40e1d98aae003f6db   第11级
    v.生病( ail的第三人称单数 );感到不舒服;处境困难;境况不佳
    参考例句:
    • He will not concede what anything ails his business. 他不允许任何事情来干扰他的工作。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Measles ails the little girl. 麻疹折磨着这个小女孩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    18 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
    19 fixed [fɪkst] JsKzzj   第8级
    adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
    参考例句:
    • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet? 你们俩选定婚期了吗?
    • Once the aim is fixed, we should not change it arbitrarily. 目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
    20 mighty [ˈmaɪti] YDWxl   第7级
    adj.强有力的;巨大的
    参考例句:
    • A mighty force was about to break loose. 一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
    • The mighty iceberg came into view. 巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
    21 considerably [kənˈsɪdərəbli] 0YWyQ   第9级
    adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
    参考例句:
    • The economic situation has changed considerably. 经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
    • The gap has narrowed considerably. 分歧大大缩小了。

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