Chapter 28

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​⁠That night Tom and Huck were ready for their adventure. They hung about the neighborhood of the tavern until after nine, one watching the alley at a distance and the other the tavern door. Nobody entered the alley or left it; nobody resembling the Spaniard entered or left the tavern door. The night promised to be a fair one; so Tom went home with the understanding that if a considerable degree of