that’s why you’re here — I mightn’t be able alone. If you flinch, I’ll kill you. Do you understand that? And if I have to kill you, I’ll kill her — and then I reckon nobody’ll ever know much about who done this business.”

“Well, if it’s got to be done, let’s get at it. The quicker the better — I’m all in a shiver.”

“Do it now? And company there? Look here — I’ll get suspicious of you, first thing you know. No — we’ll wait till the lights are out — there’s no hurry.”

Huck felt that a silence was going to ensue — a thing still more awful than any amount of murderous talk; so he held his breath and stepped gingerly