" Huck dropped his shovel. "That's it," said he. "That's the very trouble. We got to give this one up. We can't ever tell the right time, and besides this kind of thing's too awful, here this time of night with witches and ghosts afluttering around so. I feel as if something's behind me all the time; and I'm afeard to turn around, becuz maybe there's others in front a- waiting for a chance.

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