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"It didn’t take me long to figure out that these liars weren’t kings or dukes at all, but only low down con artists and frauds. But I didn’t say anything; I never let on that I knew. I just kept it to myself. That’s the best way, you see, when there aren’t any fights and you don’t get into any trouble. If they wanted us to call them kings and dukes, I wouldn’t object as long as they didn’t cause any trouble on the raft. And it wasn’t any use to tell Jim, so I didn’t. If I learned anything from pap, it was that the best way to get along with people like them is to let them have their way."