Read the judge’s words from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

"We are sold—mighty badly sold. But we don't want to be the laughing stock of this whole town, I reckon, and never hear the last of this thing as long as we live. No. What we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town! Then we'll all be in the same boat. Ain't that sensible?"

What is ironic about the judge’s statement?