The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Chapter 31- p. 279

"Yes, it is-- and I coul a had it if I'd been big enough; I see him first. Who nailed him?"

"It was an old fellow--a stranger--and he sold out his chance in him for forty dollars, becuz he's got to go up the river and can't wait. Think o' that, now! You bet I'd wait, if it was seven year."

The "Dolphin" betrays Jim for $40; for other passages in which $40 is linked to Jim's status, see pages:

Chapter 16, p. 121
Chapter 31, p. 279
Chapter 43, p. 384


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