Tot sovint em dic a mi mateix, dic: -«Jo solia adobar tots els estels i les coses dels minyons, i mostrar-los on eren les bones bandes de pescar, i els era tan amic com podia, i ara tots han oblidat el vell Muff en el seu trencacoll; pero Tom no, i Huck no: ells no l'han oblidat- dic, -i jo no els oblido a ells!» Bé, minyons: he fet una mala, mala cosa.
Often I says to myself, says I, 'I used to mend all the boys' kites and things, and show 'em where the good fishin' places was, and befriend 'em what I could, and now they've all forgot old Muff when he's in trouble; but Tom don't, and Huck don't--_they_ don't forget him, says I, 'and I don't forget them.'