Now that Lin is leaving, Huck asks his mother why she still helps him. She tells him that she raised him well and that he is grateful for her help. Huck tells his mother that he will be going to the lake on the day he prays, and his mother drops the hint that he may die if he swallows the medicine. Huck wonders where his pouch is, but his mother tells him to touch the medicine and say his goodbyes to Lin. Huck says that he can pretend to drown in the lake and swim to another side. He wonders why Lin is so foolish, and he wonders why he didn't discover that the people who work for him are the duke's. He says that if he were to create a scene, he would gather the crowd and splash the corpse. Huck thanks his mother for saving him, and tells her to be more careful. He tells her that he has just had a "brilliant idea" and that the Duke's people will go after him if he destroys the pole