Answer:
Slip between the ridges in the poem 'The Brook' means:
to move quickly/seep through narrow holes between long narrow hills.
I think it's the second one. srry if im wrong
The king and duke were merely con-men pretending to be royalty. They met in Huck's raft because they were running away from the authorities who discovered their con.
They were initially strangers but upon knowing that each was a conman. Both hatched a plan to con numerous people by staging a play like Romeo and Juliet.
The first one would be the answer.