Huck Finn Ch 23 Flashcards
the king and duke were creating a stage, curtain and row of candles and at night the
courthouse was fullof men
they weren’t playing romeo and juliet anymore, but instead were doing
the king’s camelopard; royal nonesuch
the king is dressed ridiculously and everyone
thinks it’s hilarious
the duke lies and says that the play would be performed for only two more nights because they are
booked in london
the people get mad that hte play is
finished
they claim that they are
sold
a man jumps on the stage as the angry crowd is going toward it and says tha tthey should make the show out to be a big deal so that the
rest of the town would be sold with them
the next night the place was packed again and they
sold the crowd the same way
the king and duke had huck and jim float the raft to the middle of the river and
hide it 2 miles below the town
the third night the place was packed again with the people who came before, and they all had
eggs and rotten cabbages
the duke and huck solip out of the stge door and go for the
raft
the king had been in the
wigwam the entire time
after they’re about 10 miles away from the village the duke and king
laugh about what they did
in total they got
$465
when the duke and king are asleep jim says that they are just regular
rapscallions