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?
a. rather than admit they have been fooled, the townspeople truly believe it is more sensible to devise a plan to fool the others as well.
b. despite the fact they themselves have been fooled, the townspeople trick themselves into thinking it will be easy to fool the others.
c. although the show was truly funny, the townspeople are still petrified of what others will say about the fact they attended the show.
d. in spite of the fact the townspeople claim to be embarrassed about attending the show, they actually enjoyed themselves immensely.

A. Rather than admit they have been fooled, the townspeople truly believe it is more sensible to devise a plan to fool the others as well.

Explanation:

In Chapter 23 of Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", we see the scene where Huck along with the 'duke and the dauphin' cheat the townspeople of their money by staging a play which was not really anything worthy. When the people realize what was happening, they first threatened them that they will warn the others about it and ruin their business. But when they think about it in all seriousness, they decided that will be far better to be silent than openly declare that they have been duped off their money by some vagabonds. The words of the judge, acting as the most trusted and respected among them, tells them not to utter a word to the others but instead admit that the show was amazing and suggest they too attend it the next time. This way, their plan was that the others will also be cheated of their money and be on the same place like them. So, rather than admit they have been fooled, the townspeople truly believe it is more sensible to devise  plan to fool the others as well.

answer; knowledge,reason,and judgement;