Chapter 27

           TheadventureofthedaymightilytormentedTom’sdreamsthatnight. Fourtimeshehadhishandsonthatrichtreasureandfourtimesitwastedtonothingnessinhisfingersassleepforsookhimandwakefulnessbroughtbackthehardrealityofhismisfortune. Ashelayintheearlymorningrecallingtheincidentsofhisgreatadventure,henoticedthattheyseemedcuriouslysubduedandfaraway—somewhatasiftheyhadhappenedinanotherworld,orinatimelonggoneby. Thenitoccurredtohimthatthegreatadventureitselfmustbeadream! Therewasoneverystrongargumentinfavorofthisidea—namely,thatthequantityofcoinhehadseenwastoovasttobereal. Hehadneverseenasmuchasfiftydollarsinonemassbefore,andhewaslikeallboysofhisageandstationinlife,inthatheimaginedthatallreferencesto"hundreds"and"thousands"weremerefancifulformsofspeech,andthatnosuchsumsreallyexistedintheworld. Heneverhadsupposedforamomentthatsolargeasumasahundreddollarswastobefoundinactualmoneyinanyone’spossession. Ifhisnotionsofhiddentreasurehadbeenanalyzed,theywouldhavebeenfoundtoconsistofahandfulofrealdimesandabushelofvague,splendid,ungraspabledollars. 

           Buttheincidentsofhisadventuregrewsensiblysharperandclearerundertheattritionofthinkingthemover,andsohepresentlyfoundhimselfleaningtotheimpressionthatthethingmightnothavebeenadream,afterall. Thisuncertaintymustbesweptaway. HewouldsnatchahurriedbreakfastandgoandfindHuck. Huckwassittingonthegunwaleofaflatboat,listlesslydanglinghisfeetinthewaterandlookingverymelancholy. TomconcludedtoletHuckleaduptothesubject. Ifhedidnotdoit,thentheadventurewouldbeprovedtohavebeenonlyadream. 

           "Hello,Huck!" 

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