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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 31, Página 9
Now
an
idea
struck
him.
There
were
some
side
passages
near
at
hand.
It
would
be
better
to
explore
some
of
these
than
bear
the
weight
of
the
heavy
time
in
idleness.
He
took
a
kite-line
from
his
pocket,
tied
it
to
a
projection,
and
he
and
Becky
started,
Tom
in
the
lead,
unwinding
the
line
as
he
groped
along.
At
the
end
of
twenty
steps
the
corridor
ended
in
a
“jumping-off
place.”
Tom
got
down
on
his
knees
and
felt
below,
and
then
as
far
around
the
corner
as
he
could
reach
with
his
hands
conveniently;
he
made
an
effort
to
stretch
yet
a
little
farther
to
the
right,
and
at
that
moment,
not
twenty
yards
away,
a
human
hand,
holding
a
candle,
appeared
from
behind
a
rock!
Tom
lifted
up
a
glorious
shout,
and
instantly
that
hand
was
followed
by
the
body
it
belonged
to—Injun
Joe’s!
Tom
was
paralyzed;
he
could
not
move.
He
was
vastly
gratified
the
next
moment,
to
see
the
“Spaniard”
take
to
his
heels
and
get
himself
out
of
sight.
Tom
wondered
that
Joe
had
not
recognized
his
voice
and
come
over
and
killed
him
for
testifying
in
court.
But
the
echoes
must
have
disguised
the
voice.
Without
doubt,
that
was
it,
he
reasoned.
Tom’s
fright
weakened
every
muscle
in
his
body.
He
said
to
himself
that
if
he
had
strength
enough
to
get
back
to
the
spring
he
would
stay
there,
and
nothing
should
tempt
him
to
run
the
risk
of
meeting
Injun
Joe
again.
He
was
careful
to
keep
from
Becky
what
it
was
he
had
seen.
He
told
her
he
had
only
shouted
“for
luck.”
But
hunger
and
wretchedness
rise
superior
to
fears
in
the
long
run.
Another
tedious
wait
at
the
spring
and
another
long
sleep
brought
changes.
The
children
awoke
tortured
with
a
raging
hunger.
Tom
believed
that
it
must
be
Wednesday
or
Thursday
or
even
Friday
or
Saturday,
now,
and
that
the
search
had
been
given
over.
He
proposed
to
explore
another
passage.
He
felt
willing
to
risk
Injun
Joe
and
all
other
terrors.
But
Becky
was
very
weak.
She
had
sunk
into
a
dreary
apathy
and
would
not
be
roused.
She
said
she
would
wait,
now,
where
she
was,
and
die—it
would
not
be
long.
She
told
Tom
to
go
with
the
kite-line
and
explore
if
he
chose;
but
she
implored
him
to
come
back
every
little
while
and
speak
to
her;
and
she
made
him
promise
that
when
the
awful
time
came,
he
would
stay
by
her
and
hold
her
hand
until
all
was
over.
Tom
kissed
her,
with
a
choking
sensation
in
his
throat,
and
made
a
show
of
being
confident
of
finding
the
searchers
or
an
escape
from
the
cave;
then
he
took
the
kite-line
in
his
hand
and
went
groping
down
one
of
the
passages
on
his
hands
and
knees,
distressed
with
hunger
and
sick
with
bodings
of
coming
doom.
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