On Tuesday morning, Tom woke late. He got dressed quickly. Aunt Polly was eating her breakfast.
Aunt Polly looked at Tom and she started to cry.
'You're a bad boy,' she said. 'You went out last night, didn't you? I worry and worry about you. But you don't care about me.'
Tom started to cry.
'I won't go out at night again, Aunt Polly. I won't,' he said. 'I'm very sorry.'
Soon the people of St Petersburg were talking about Doctor Robinson's death. Had Muff Potter murdered
him? The morning after the murder, somebody had found Muff Potter in a barn. Muff was drunk. And his
knife was beside the doctor's body in the graveyard, There was blood on the knife.
Injun Joe told lies to the sheriff. 'Muff Potter killed the doctor,'