Ja que la turmentada consciencia de Tom havia pogut menar-lo a la casa del curial, de nit, i arrencar una temuda historia de llavis segellats amb el jurament més llobrec i formidable, la confiança de Huck en la raça humana estava arran d'esvair-se.
Since Tom's harassed conscience had managed to drive him to the lawyer's house by night and wring a dread tale from lips that had been sealed with the dismalest and most formidable of oaths, Huck's confidence in the human race was wellnigh obliterated.