Cada noi que topava afegia un nou pes a la seva depressió. I quan, desesperat, corregué finalment a refugiar-se en el sí de Huckleberry Finn, i hi fou rebut amb una cita de les Escriptures, es fica a casa i al llit, dant-se compte que només ell en tota la ciutat estava perdut per a sempre, per a sempre més.
Every boy he encountered added another ton to his depression; and when, in desperation, he flew for refuge at last to the bosom of Huckleberry Finn and was received with a Scriptural quotation, his heart broke and he crept home and to bed realizing that he alone of all the town was lost, forever and forever.