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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 28, Página 1
That
night,
Tom
and
Huck
were
set
for
their
adventure.
They
lingered
around
the
tavern's
neighborhood
until
after
nine,
with
one
watching
the
alley
from
a
distance
and
the
other
keeping
an
eye
on
the
tavern
door.
No
one
entered
or
left
the
alley;
no
one
who
looked
like
the
Spaniard
went
through
the
tavern
door.
The
night
seemed
to
promise
fair
weather,
so
Tom
went
home,
agreeing
that
if
it
got
very
dark,
Huck
would
come
and
"maow,"
and
then
Tom
would
sneak
out
to
try
the
keys.
But
the
night
stayed
clear,
and
Huck
ended
his
watch
and
went
to
sleep
in
an
empty
sugar
hogshead
around
midnight.
Tuesday
and
Wednesday
brought
the
boys
the
same
bad
luck.
But
Thursday
night
looked
more
promising.
Tom
slipped
out
early
with
his
aunt's
old
tin
lantern
and
a
large
towel
to
cover
it.
He
hid
the
lantern
in
Huck's
sugar
hogshead,
and
the
watch
began.
An
hour
before
midnight,
the
tavern
closed,
and
its
lights—the
only
ones
nearby—went
out.
No
Spaniard
had
been
seen,
and
no
one
entered
or
left
the
alley.
Everything
seemed
favorable.
Darkness
reigned,
and
the
perfect
stillness
was
only
broken
by
distant
thunder's
occasional
rumbles.
Tom
retrieved
his
lantern,
lit
it
in
the
hogshead,
wrapped
it
tightly
in
the
towel,
and
the
two
adventurers
crept
through
the
gloom
toward
the
tavern.
Huck
stood
guard
while
Tom
felt
his
way
into
the
alley.
Then
came
a
period
of
anxious
waiting
that
weighed
on
Huck's
spirits
like
a
mountain.
He
wished
he
could
see
a
flash
from
the
lantern—it
would
scare
him,
but
at
least
it
would
mean
Tom
was
still
alive.
It
felt
like
hours
since
Tom
vanished.
Surely
he
must
have
fainted;
maybe
he
was
dead;
perhaps
his
heart
had
burst
from
terror
and
excitement.
In
his
unease,
Huck
found
himself
inching
closer
to
the
alley,
fearing
all
sorts
of
dreadful
things
and
expecting
a
catastrophe
that
would
leave
him
breathless.
There
wasn't
much
breath
to
take,
as
he
seemed
only
able
to
inhale
it
in
small
amounts,
and
his
heart
would
soon
exhaust
itself
with
its
rapid
beating.
Suddenly,
there
was
a
flash
of
light,
and
Tom
came
rushing
past
him:
"Run!"
he
said;
"run,
for
your
life!"
He
didn't
need
to
say
it
twice;
once
was
enough.
Huck
was
running
at
full
speed
before
Tom
could
repeat
himself.
The
boys
didn't
stop
until
they
reached
the
shed
of
an
abandoned
slaughterhouse
at
the
village's
lower
end.
As
they
got
under
its
shelter,
the
storm
broke,
and
rain
poured
down.
Once
Tom
caught
his
breath,
he
said:
"Huck,
it
was
terrifying!
I
tried
two
of
the
keys
as
quietly
as
I
could,
but
they
made
such
a
racket
that
I
could
hardly
breathe
from
fear.
They
wouldn't
turn
in
the
lock,
either.
Well,
without
realizing
it,
I
grabbed
the
knob,
and
the
door
opened!
It
wasn't
locked!
I
jumped
in,
threw
off
the
towel,
and,
Great
Caesar’s
Ghost!"
"What!
What
did
you
see,
Tom?"
"Huck,
I
almost
stepped
on
Injun
Joe’s
hand!"
"No
way!"
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