That was the way
this time. In two minutes he had got it all ciphered
out, and wasn't only just going to find the corpse --
no, he was going to get on the track of that murderer
and hunt HIM down, too; and not only that, but he
was going to stick to him till --
"Well," I says, "you better find the corpse first; I
reckon that's a-plenty for to-day. For all we know,
there AIN'T any corpse and nobody hain't been mur-
dered. That cuss could 'a' gone off somers and not
been killed at all."
That graveled him, and he says:
"Huck Finn, I never see such a person as you to
want to spoil everything. As long as YOU can't see
anything hopeful in a thing, you won't let anybody
else. What good can it do you to throw cold water on
that corpse and get up that selfish theory that there
ain't been any murder? None in the world. I don't
see how you can act so. I wouldn't treat you like
that, and you know it. Here we've got a noble good
opportunity to make a ruputation, and --"
"Oh, go ahead," I says. "I'm sorry, and I take it
all back. I didn't mean nothing. Fix it any way
you want it. HE ain't any consequence to me. If
he's killed, I'm as glad of it as you are; and if he --"
"I never said anything about being glad; I only --"
"Well, then, I'm as SORRY as you are. Any way
you druther have it, that is the way I druther have it.
He --"
"There ain't any druthers ABOUT it, Huck Finn; no-
body said anything about druthers.
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