The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“Chapter 7”
by Mark Twain
Huck escapes his father after faking his own death.
Huck escapes his father after faking his own death.
Huck takes the money from the dauphin, intending to return it to the Wilks family.
Phileas, having had his passport stamped, has a meal at the train station while Passepartout once again runs errands. A cultural misstep by Passepartout results in an incident at the temple and gives Detective Fix further grounds to obtain an arrest warrant.
Old Sally makes a death-bed confession to Mrs. Corney concerning Oliver's mother.
Captain Larsen's frustration is taken out on Mugridge, who is greatly injured in the process.
Sylvie and Bruno meet the young female pianist on the way to the drawing-room.
The guests stay at Thornfield for several days. Rochester and Blanche compete as a team at charades. From watching their interaction, Jane believes that they will be married soon though they do not seem to love one another. Blanche would be marrying Rochester for his wealth, and he for her beauty and her social position. One day, a strange man named Mr. Mason arrives at Thornfield. Jane dislikes him at once because of his vacant eyes and his slowness, but she learns from him that Rochester once lived in the West Indies, as he himself has done. One evening, a gypsy woman comes to Thornfield to tell the guests’ fortunes. Blanche Ingram goes first, and when she returns from her talk with the gypsy woman she looks keenly disappointed.
Colonel Passford laments his situation to Captain Rombold. Christy is disappointed to see his uncle’s condition.
With the party now stranded at Fort Kearney, Fix presents a proposal to Phileas. The travelers continue heading east but still do not arrive in time to board the China.
Jurgis becomes a scab, undermining a union strike. Jurgis' financial prosperity ends after he assaults Connor a second time. Jurgis is promptly beaten and arrested for the third time.
The narrator's strange condition causes him to develop an acute fear.
he men set out in search of Rochford. They meet and Indian chief.
A prominent abolitionist invites Mr. Douglass to share his experiences.
Hal Winter's situation causes a brief feeling of bitterness to overcome Ray Pearson.
The narrator recaps the events up to this point, speculating on what people expected to see at the landing sight.
Ishmael recalls a sperm whale skeleton in Tranque.
The arrival of the great Wizard to the palace.
Huck learns that Pap is a suspect in his "murder" and that there is a bounty for Jim. Jackson Island is no longer safe for Huck and Jim.
Darnay exits the courtroom and is eventually joined by Sydney Carton, whose appearance strongly resembles Darnay's.
The officers initiate another offensive on the enemy position, resulting in the capture of the enemy flag and the taking of four prisoners.
The men discuss the battle, showing respect for the efforts of each man.
Archer and May, now newly engaged, pay a visit to their many friends and relatives. Mrs. Mingott assists May in her wedding preparations.
Ishmael considers the beauty of the tail of a whale, as well as the injury it can inflict.