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Chapter 18 "Roxana Commands" When "Tom" returns home to St. Louis, he finds an old man in his house. To his astonishment, it is Roxy in disguise. Roxy is very upset with how Tom treated her and sent her down the river. Tom blurts out that he is very sorry and wishes he never did it. His mother begins to cry and tell him that shes never had anyone treat her as bad as he has. Roxy begins to tell Tom how awful her owner treated her. She says that it was good at first until the plantation owner's wife becomes apprehensive of her and that Roxy is better then her. Roxy was later sent down to work on the fields, while she was there the wife abuses her. Roxy couldn't deal with that anymore and stole a horse, where she then went to the river and took a steam boat back to St. Louis. Roxy use to work on the steam and her old crew and friends gave her some money and new clothes to wear. After Roxy got back she noticed her master putting up runaway slave signs and offering a reward if found. He writes a letter to Tom saying that he better return Roxy or something will happen. Instead of helping Roxy, Tom set up a trap, but Roxy outsmarts him and says that he needs to pay her master to get her back or she will reveal his true identity and sell him “down the river.” This is important because it shows that "Tom" isn't really a good person. He was brought up being the rich stobby kid, but is really Roxys son. If he was brought up as the poor black kid he would most likely be shy and kind. In this book its showing that the way your brought up, either rich or poor, your charater traits will change. Because Tom was brought up that way he doesn't really approve of Roxy being his mom.

Chapter 19 "The Prophecy Realized" Luigi challenges Judge Driscoll to fight but the judge declines because Luigi has already murdered a man and so the judge does not respect him and will not fight him in the "field of honor." "Tom" was trying to steal the fortune from his uncle, so when he found his uncle sleeping he decided to go for the money nearest the uncle. He accidently dropped the twins' knife and woke the uncle. He stabbed the judge, killing him. Then he changed into womens' clothes. The twins who were out walking had heard toms screams and ran inside. Tom sneaked out the back way unnoticed by the neighbors because he looked like a lady. Tom goes back to St. Louis and discovers that Luigi is being blamed for the death of his uncle. Tom pays off Roxy and goes home to Dawson's Creek. Tom fools everyone into thinking he is shocked and heartbroken by his uncle's death. The twins are put in jail and Pudd'nhead Wilson became in charge of the case. At first he suspects the woman who had been robbing peoples' houses to be the one who murdered the judge, but no female fingerprints match the fingerprints on the knife. He doesn't think the murderer is Tom because supposedly Tom never knew of the will being renewed and he was supposed to be in St. Louis. Also,Tom looked very upset by the death of his uncle.

Chapter 19 Analysis This chapter shows how easily Tom fools everyone into thinking the twins are bad people. He made his uncle believe they were assasins, and he made the town believe they were murderers. This chapter also shows how smart Pudd'nhead Wilson is despite how stupid everyone thinks of him to be. He is the only one who believes that Luigi is innocent.