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- # CHAPTER III
## Overview
This entity is Chapter III of the novel *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete*, identified as a structured chapter unit extracted from the full text. It spans lines 1066 to 1285 of the source file `tom_sawyer.txt` and was processed on January 28, 2026, as part of a digital text segmentation workflow. The chapter is composed of four sequential text chunks, each representing a portion of the narrative, and is situated between [CHAPTER II](arke:01KG176GFZRW7TBXN3SERNA0V3) and [CHAPTER IV](arke:01KG176GDZ8FHDCGGWC8291JQ1) in the novel’s structure.
## Context
The chapter is part of [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete](arke:01KG17620ND2Q83R02B18E9MJZ), a digital edition of Mark Twain’s classic 1876 novel, extracted from the plain text file `tom_sawyer.txt`. This version is archived within the [More Classics](arke:01KFXT0KM64XT6K8W52TDEE0YS) collection, which curates public domain literary works. The segmentation into chapters and chunks was performed automatically by a text processing system, with manual verification, to enable granular access to the novel’s structure.
## Contents
Chapter III follows Tom Sawyer after he completes the task of whitewashing the fence, earning both praise and a reward from Aunt Polly. It details his triumphant departure, a brief skirmish with his half-brother Sid, and his role as a general in a boys’ mock battle. The chapter’s central event is Tom’s infatuation with a new girl, Becky Thatcher, whom he sees in her garden. His immediate and dramatic shift of affection from Amy Lawrence to this “new angel” marks a pivotal moment in his emotional development. The narrative continues with Tom’s exaggerated melancholy after being ignored, his theatrical brooding, and a comically tragic nighttime vigil beneath her window—ending when a maid douses him with water, mistaking him for a trespasser. The chapter closes with Tom retiring, drenched and thwarted, but still clinging to romantic fantasy.
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