The family and the town easily accept the king and the duke as men from England even with the obvious fraud. Huck realizes how clever, and dangerous the duke and the king actually are. He will jeopardize his own well being if he acts against the con-men. But it will also jeopardize the chances of freedom for Jim. Huck takes the risk, acts on his conscience, decides that he must return the gold to the Wilks sisters. Huck matures more and more as the novel goes on. As he watched the con-men scam the Wilks sisters, Huck says he is ashamed to be a part of the human race.
