The petition had been largely signed; many tearful and eloquent meetings had been held, and a committee of sappy women been appointed to go in deep mourning and wail around the governor, and implore him to be a merciful ass and trample his duty under foot.
Huck had door den boschwachter en de weduwe Douglas alles van Toms avontuur vernomen; maar Tom beweerde, dat er iets was, dat zij hem niet verteld hadden, en over dat verzwegene wenschte hij hem nu te spreken.