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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 11, Página 3
Potter
would
have
collapsed
if
they
hadn't
caught
him
and
eased
him
to
the
ground.
Then
he
said:
"Something
told
me
that
if
I
didn’t
come
back
and
get—"
He
shuddered,
then
waved
his
limp
hand
in
defeat
and
said,
"Tell
them,
Joe,
tell
them—it’s
no
use
anymore."
Huckleberry
and
Tom
stood
silent
and
stared,
listening
to
the
cold-hearted
liar
calmly
deliver
his
statement,
expecting
every
moment
for
the
sky
to
unleash
God's
wrath
on
his
head,
and
wondering
why
the
strike
was
delayed.
When
he
finished
and
remained
alive
and
unscathed,
their
wavering
urge
to
break
their
oath
and
save
the
poor
betrayed
prisoner
faded,
for
it
was
clear
this
villain
had
sold
himself
to
the
devil,
and
meddling
with
such
a
power
would
be
fatal.
"Why
didn’t
you
leave?
Why
did
you
come
here?"
someone
asked.
"I
couldn’t
help
it—I
couldn’t
help
it,"
Potter
moaned.
"I
wanted
to
run
away,
but
I
couldn’t
seem
to
go
anywhere
but
here."
And
he
began
sobbing
again.
Injun
Joe
repeated
his
statement
just
as
calmly
a
few
minutes
later
at
the
inquest,
under
oath;
and
the
boys,
seeing
that
the
lightnings
were
still
withheld,
were
convinced
that
Joe
had
sold
himself
to
the
devil.
He
had
become,
to
them,
the
most
ominously
fascinating
figure
they
had
ever
seen,
and
they
couldn't
take
their
eyes
off
his
face.
They
secretly
decided
to
watch
him
at
night,
when
they
could,
hoping
to
catch
a
glimpse
of
his
terrifying
master.
Injun
Joe
helped
lift
the
body
of
the
murdered
man
into
a
wagon
for
removal;
and
it
was
whispered
among
the
shuddering
crowd
that
the
wound
bled
a
little!
The
boys
thought
this
fortunate
event
would
direct
suspicion
correctly;
but
they
were
disappointed,
as
more
than
one
villager
remarked:
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