Chapter 27

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌⁠The adventure of the day mightily tormented Tom’s dreams that night. Four times he had his hands on that rich treasure and four times it wasted to nothingness in his fingers as sleep forsook him and wakefulness brought back the hard reality of his misfortune. As he lay in the early morning recalling the incidents of his great adventure, he noticed that they seemed curiously subdued and far away—so