“What’s the row there? Who’s banging? What do you want?”

“Let me in⁠—quick! I’ll tell everything.”

“Why, who are you?”

“Huckleberry Finn⁠—quick, let me in!”

“Huckleberry Finn, indeed! It ain’t a name to open many doors, I judge! But let him in, lads, and let’s see what’s the trouble.”

“Please don’t ever tell I told you,” were Huck’s first words when he got in. “Please don’t⁠—I’d be killed, sure⁠—but the widow’s been good friends to me sometimes, and I want to tell⁠—I will tell if you’ll promise you won’t ever say it was me.”