Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter Thirty-Two Summary

  • The farm in question is a small "one-horse cotton plantation." Huck decides to "trust in Providence" and just march right up to the door.
  • Good call; when he gets to the door, the lady of the house is all, "It’s you!" and he’s all, "Um, sure!"
  • Huck tells her (Aunt Sally) that the boat he came on ran aground and that’s why he’s a little late. Also, he hid his baggage, which is why he doesn’t have any on him.
  • When Silas comes home, we find out that Aunt Sally believes Huck to be her nephew, none other than Tom Sawyer. Huck, pleased as punch, plays right along. Since he knows all of Tom’s family, it’s easy to play the part and gab on about the relatives back home.
  • Having learned his lesson with the Wilks brothers, Huck recalls that, when you’re pretending to be someone, you have to worry about the real version turning up. So he hurries off (under pretense of getting his baggage) to try and intercept the real Tom Sawyer.

Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-One