Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."All right, then—not a word about any sell. Go along home, and advise everybody to come and see the tragedy." Based on the excerpt, the townspeople of Arkansas are afraid of being seen as

The townspeople have realized that the performance is a trick, or “sell.” They agree not to tell anyone and instead invite others to see it, so the newcomers will be fooled too. This lets the first audience avoid looking gullible for having been taken in.

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