EN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 68: Congenital Disorder, Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate, Chapter 27
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The dauphin arranges to stay in the wilks house. Joanna, the youngest wilks sister, whom he calls the hare-lip because of her cleft lip, a birth defect. Joanna tests huck"s knowledge of england, and he makes several slips, forgetting that he is supposedly from sheffield and that the dauphin is supposed to be a protestant minister. Finally, joanna asks if he has made the entire thing up. Joanna"s sisters, mary jane and susan, interrupt and instruct joanna to be courteous to their guest, and she graciously apologizes. Huck feels terrible about letting such sweet women be swindled and resolves to get them their money back. He goes to the con men"s room to search for the money and hides when they enter. The duke wants to leave town that night, but the dauphin convinces him to stay until they have stolen all the family"s property.
