In the middle of his soliloquy, Huck is interrupted by the sound of someone's "sucking" . It's his wife, and she's about to give birth to their second child. Huck wants to know why he's not letting her have sex with him. He's worried that she'll freak out, and he wants to make her feel better. Huck tells his wife that he needs to tell her what's going on. He wants her to tell him what she thinks of him, and then he'll be able to do something about it.