Summary Chapter 9
Tom waits impatiently in bed for 10 p.m. strike. He lays still with difficulty, for he doesn't want to wake Sid. He listens to the ominous sounds of the night. He falls asleep. He is awakened by a neighbor throwing a bottle at a cat that is meowing. However, the cat is actually Huck Finn, who is giving the prior agreed upon signal. Tom meows back and goes to join him. They go to the graveyard. The solemn atmosphere oppresses their spirits. Tom wonders if the dead resent their intrusion. He wonders if the dead man whose grave they have come to can hear them. Huck is certain his spirit can. The boys hear something and wish they hadn't come. They believe it is the demons they are expecting to appear at the dead man's grave. However, the three figures they see are human. Huck recognizes one
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