In this chapter, Huck is introduced to his father, Mr. Huck, who is waiting for him at the post office. Huck is delighted to find that the mailman has delivered his mother's recipe for fiery braised fish. Huck tells his father that this is exactly what he's been looking for: the taste of his mom's cooking. Huck says that he has always wanted his father to have something to remember his mom for, and now he can finally do that. Huck thanks the mail man for giving him the recipe, and says that his cooking has improved because of it. Huck wonders if this is the book craze gave him, or if it was just that he cooked something good enough to merit a cookbook. He wonders if he has to be a hermit for three years in order to master sky-vision.