Huck felt that a silence was going to ensue--a thing still more awful than any amount of murderous talk; so he held his breath and stepped gingerly back; planted his foot carefully and firmly, after balancing, one-legged, in a precarious way and almost toppling over, first on one side and then on the other. He took another step back, with the same elaboration and the same risks; then another and another, and--a twig snapped under his foot!
A következő lépéseknél ugyanolyan gondosan és óvatosan járt el, aztán megint lépett egyet, megint egyet, és egyszer csak egy ágacska megroppant a lába alatt.