[00:01.05]Chapter4 The Duke and the King
[00:06.49]Two or three days and nights went by and nothing much happened．
[00:13.61]We travelled at night when it was dark and everybody was asleep．
[00:19.65]We didn't want anyone to see Jim and ask questions about him．
[00:26.17]Then， one morning，just after it was light，I found a little canoe，
[00:34.15]So I got into it and went over to the side of the river．
[00:38.74]I was looking round，when，suddenly，two men ran through the trees．
[00:45.75]'Help！' they cried．'There are men and dogs trying to catch us．
[00:52.69]But we've done nothing wrong！'
[00:55.14]One of the men was about seventy years old；the other was about thirty，
[01:04.16]And they both had very old， dirty clothes．
[01:09.73]I said they could come with me， and we ran quickly back to the canoe．
[01:16.07]Back on the raft we talked for a time and then the young man said，
[01:24.98]'My friends，I think I can tell you my secret now．I'm really a duke．
[01:34.73]My grandfather was the son of the Duke of Bridgewater，
[01:40.29]But he left England and came to America．
[01:44.91]When the old Duke died，my grandfather's younger brother stole everything
[01:53.79]And made himself the Duke of Bridgewater．'
[01:59.13]Well，of course，we were all very unhappy for our friend the Duke，
[02:07.09]But he said，'I'll be happier if you do things for me．Bring me my dinner！'
[02:16.24]So we did things for him，and he liked it．
[02:21.96]But the old man spoke very little and he looked unhappy，too．
[02:30.23]After a time he said，'You know，Bridgewater，I，too,have a secret．'And he began to cry．
[02:43.05]'What do you mean？'the Duke asked．'What's your secret？'
[02:50.46]And then the old man told us that he was really the first son of the King of France．
[03:00.91]He asked us all to go down on one knee when we spoke to him．
[03:06.79]We could call him'Your Majesty'，too．
[03:11.53]So that was what we did， and they were both happy．
[03:16.15]Of course，I knew that they weren't really a duke and a king， but I didn't tell Jim．
[03:26.47]It's best if everybody is happy when you're living together on a raft．
[03:32.81]The King and the Duke were very interested in Jim．
[03:39.21]'Is he a slave？'they wanted to know．'Is he running away？'
[03:46.66]I had to tell them something， so I said that Jim belonged to my uncle
[03:54.44]And was taking me to my family in New Orleans．
[03:58.45]'Well，we'll travel down river with you，then，'said the King．
[04:05.88]'We'll have a fine time together．'
[04:10.42]So the four of us went on down the river， but Jim and I didn't like those two men．
[04:19.82]They were always getting drunk
[04:23.21]And making plans to get money out of people in every town．
[04:28.25]It's all right to take a chicken or something if you're hungry，
[04:33.55]But these men were really bad！
[04:37.17]Jim and I decided to get away from them as soon as we could．
[04:42.89]It wasn't easy because they wanted to be with us all the time．
[04:48.80]Then one morning the King went off into a town and told us to wait for him．
[04:57.26]We waited all morning and he didn't come back，
[05:03.80]So the Duke and I went into town to look for him．
[05:08.54]We looked all afternoon and in the end we found him in a bar， drunk，
[05:17.43]And then he and the Duke began to fight about some money．
[05:22.47]Now we can get away from them，I thought．
[05:27.89]I turned and ran back to the river．'Quick，Jim！' I shouted．
[05:35.16]'It's time to go！'But there was no answer． Jim wasn't there！
[05:45.36]I ran into the woods，crying and shouting Jim's name． But there was still no answer．
[05:55.37]Just then a boy came along．
[05:59.96]'Have you seen a slave？'I asked him，and I described Jim．
[06:05.96]'Why，yes，'the boy replied．'He's a runaway slave．
[06:12.70]I heard all about it in town．A family called the Phelpses have got him now．
[06:19.29]An old man in a bar told Mr Phelps that
[06:24.02]There was a runaway slave on a raft down by the river．
[06:28.73]He said he hadn't got time to take the slave back himself．
[06:33.39]So Mr Phelps gave him forty dollars
[06:38.01]And they went down and caught the slave this afternoon．
[06:42.15]The Phelpses are going to take him back to his owner，
[06:45.75]And they'll get three hundred dollars for him！'
[06:49.63]I knew those two men were bad！
[06:54.73]I asked the boy where the Phelpses lived
[06:58.53]And he said it was a big white house a little way down the river．
[07:04.86]I began to make plans to get Jim back．
[07:09.90]First，I took the raft and went down to a little island．
[07:14.92]I hid the raft under the trees and lay down to sleep．
[07:20.41]Before it was light，I went off down the river in the canoe．
[07:25.49]When I thought I was near the Phelpses place，I stopped，
[07:31.08]Got out of the canoe and went up to the house．
[07:35.12]Suddenly，a lot of dogs ran out．
[07:39.59]They came from everywhere and they made a terrible noise．
[07:45.41]A woman about fifty years old ran out of the house，with some little children behind her．
[07:53.65]She was smiling all over her face and she took me by the hands and cried，
[08:02.92]'It's you，at last，isn't it？'
[08:06.17]I didn't stop to think．'Yes，ma'am，'I said．
[08:12.75]'Well， what took you so long？ We thought you were coming two days ago．
[08:21.06]Your Uncle Silas goes to town every day to meet you．
[08:25.61]He's there now，but he'll be back soon．
[08:29.21]'She didn't stop talking and I couldn't tell her that she was making a mistake．
[08:35.73]' Tell us all about them，'she cried．'Tell me everything．'
[08:43.59]I knew then that I had to tell her…
[08:49.82]But just then she cried，'Here he is！Quick，hide！'
[08:57.01]And she pushed me inside the house and behind the front door．
[09:02.77]Then her husband came in and she asked him，'Has he come？'
[09:09.90]'No，'her husband replied．
[09:12.95]'Look！'she shouted，and then she pulled me out from behind the door．
[09:20.75]'Why，who's that？'Mr Phelps cried，surprised．
[09:26.88]'It's Tom Sawyer！'she laughed．