The duke thinks the king hid the money in the coffin and the king thinks the duke hid the money in the coffin. But..... we all know it was really Huck.
The duke and king hide the money in an old rotten balloon under their mattress. They use various hiding spots along their journey to keep the money safe so that they can continue to swindle people.
In a mattress
In "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, the king and duke hide the money by sewing it into the lining of an old straw mattress. They then put the mattress in the hayloft of the Wilks family's house.
The king and duke hid the money in the coffin of Peter Wilks which they stole and filled with lead before burying it. They believed this was a secure hiding spot as no one would suspect a coffin to contain anything other than a body.
They held a public auction
he is scared that the duke and king might find out that he has the money.
Huck hid the money in Peter Wilks' coffin to keep it safe from the Duke and the King.
The duke and king pretended to be the long-lost brothers of the Wilks family and claimed inheritance rights to their fortune. They convinced the townspeople of their identity through deception and manipulation, ultimately swindling the Wilks family out of their money.
Huck hides the Wilks girls' inheritance in the coffins of their deceased relatives, Peter Wilks and his brothers. He places the money in Peter Wilks's coffin, hoping it will be safe there.
read you book;;Huck didn't wanted the king and the Duke to steal the money from kind girls. So he did steal the money.
Huck hides the Wilks family's treasure in the coffin of Peter Wilks before it is buried to keep it safe from the King and the Duke.
A King is a more senior position than a Duke.
Not a king, but a Grand Duke. His name is Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
In "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," it is revealed that the person who hid the money in the coffin was the King, who later confesses to Huck. The King and the Duke were con men who used a fake identity to trick people out of their money.