He tells them that his family was hit by a steamboat while they were riding down the Mississippi, and that only he and Jim survived. They are on the way back to their home, but they can only travel at night because people would think Jim is a runaway slave.
The duke told Huck about their plan to impersonate the brothers of a deceased wealthy man in order to claim his inheritance. Huck is reluctant to participate in the scam but eventually goes along with it to avoid confrontation.
Jim had been sold to a man named Abram Foster who lived on the road to Lafayette.
Throughout the story, Duke and King has treated Huck and Jim as their own personal servants.
Huck told Mary Jane Wilks the truth about the king and the duke and their plan to swindle her and her sisters, and the real brothers.
The king went to a local tavern to get drunk while Huck and the duke searched for him in Pikesville. He wasted time and resources, causing more trouble for Huck and the duke.
Huck posed as a servant boy while the king and duke pretended to be the Duke of Bridgewater and the Dauphin, the long-lost heir to the French throne.
Huck meets the king and the duke in Chapter 19 of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.
Huck asks Mary Jane to leave town because he knows that her uncles, the King and the Duke, are conmen who are trying to swindle her out of her inheritance. He wants to protect her from their deceitful schemes.
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Huck's opinion of the king and duke would agree most with the character of Jim. Huck eventually sees through the king and duke's deceitful actions and realizes that they are not to be trusted. Similarly, Jim is initially skeptical of the king and duke's intentions and sees them for who they truly are.
Huck saw the duke practicing a Shakespearean speech by the roadside. The duke was preparing for their upcoming con where they would perform as actors.
they would both go into town and warn the king and the duke.
Huck helps the king and the duke escape a mob by stealing their raft and leaving them behind. He then lies to a passing steamboat captain, saying that his family is stranded and needs help, which directs the steamboat towards the king and the duke instead. This enables Huck to distance himself from the two frauds.
Huck feels sympathetic towards the duke and king when they are tarred and feathered, but he ultimately believes that they deserved this punishment for their deceitful actions. Huck realizes that their behavior caused harm to others and that they had it coming.
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