Then at the bottom was the biggest line of all, which said: ladies and children not admitted.
“there,” says he, “if that line don’t fetch them, i don’t know arkansaw! ”
—the adventures of huckleberry finn
mark twain

what does the duke’s comment reveal about the culture of these arkansas townspeople?

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?