Приключения Тома Сойера

Chapter 29

           Everyfewstepsotherloftyandstillnarrowercrevicesbranchedfromitoneitherhand forMcDougal’scavewasbutavastlabyrinthofcrookedaislesthatranintoeachotherandoutagainandlednowhere. Itwassaidthatonemightwanderdaysandnightstogetherthroughitsintricatetangleofriftsandchasms,andneverfindtheendofthecave; andthathemightgodown,anddown,andstilldown,intotheearth,anditwasjustthesamelabyrinthunderlabyrinth,andnoendtoanyofthem. Noman"knew"thecave. Thatwasanimpossiblething. Mostoftheyoungmenknewaportionofit,anditwasnotcustomarytoventuremuchbeyondthisknownportion. TomSawyerknewasmuchofthecaveasanyone. 

           Theprocessionmovedalongthemainavenuesomethree-quartersofamile,andthengroupsandcouplesbegantoslipasideintobranchavenues,flyalongthedismalcorridors,andtakeeachotherbysurpriseatpointswherethecorridorsjoinedagain. Partieswereabletoeludeeachotherforthespaceofhalfanhourwithoutgoingbeyondthe"known"ground. 

           By-and-by,onegroupafteranothercamestragglingbacktothemouthofthecave,panting,hilarious,smearedfromheadtofootwithtallowdrippings,daubedwithclay,andentirelydelightedwiththesuccessoftheday. Thentheywereastonishedtofindthattheyhadbeentakingnonoteoftimeandthatnightwasaboutathand. Theclangingbellhadbeencallingforhalfanhour. However,thissortofclosetotheday’sadventureswasromanticandthereforesatisfactory. Whentheferryboatwithherwildfreightpushedintothestream,nobodycaredsixpenceforthewastedtimebutthecaptainofthecraft. 

           Huckwasalreadyuponhiswatchwhentheferryboat’slightswentglintingpastthewharf. Heheardnonoiseonboard,fortheyoungpeoplewereassubduedandstillaspeopleusuallyarewhoarenearlytiredtodeath. 

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