The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Ch - A Royal Row

What did the duke mean by saying,"The gold did us a great kindness"?

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He means that the gold saved their lives. If the men hadn't been so busy looking for the gold, they wouldn't have physically let go of the King and the Duke. The presence of gold gave them the opportunity to escape.

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