How do the boys feel as they leave the graveyard? Cite specific evidence from the text to support your answer.

Tom Sawyer

in this chapter, the two boys flee from the murder scene, "speechless with horror." They are confronted with real evil and with the realization that if they tell, their lives will be in jeopardy. This situation contrasts dramatically with their make-believe adventures in which death is an exciting--and imaginary--prospect. To protect themselves, the boys agree to remain silent, and they make a complicated ritual of this oath-taking, a ritual that involves both writing out the oath and signing it in blood--a technique that Tom has learned from the books he has read. Taking this blood vow later makes Tom reluctant to reveal the truth.