So it was decided to say nothing anybody about the night's programme.

Presently it occurred to Tom that maybe Huck might come this very night and give the signal.

The thought took a deal of the spirit out of his anticipations.

Still he could not bear to give up the fun at Widow Douglas'.

And why should he give it up, he reasoned--the signal did not come the night before, so why should it be any more likely to come to-night?
The sure fun of the evening outweighed the uncertain treasure; and, boy-like, he determined to yield to the stronger inclination and not allow himself to think of the box of money another time that day.
Three miles below town the ferryboat stopped at the mouth of a woody hollow and tied up.