The Reivers , 285 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
285
Order within Page:
3
First 8-10 words of event:
"Then the white man would say, What automobile?"
Page Event Ends:
286
Era:
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present:
Narrative Status:
Hypothesized
Date:
Sunday, May 14, 1905
Summary:
This is a difficult passage to follow. Ned is speaking about what happened when the swap of horse for car was made, and how he and Bobo planned to use the horse race to win both car and horse back, but he uses the conditional tense - "then the white man would ask," etc. - so it is impossible to know how much of the plan he outlines actually happened before, as he tells Grandfather and van Tosch, "yawl come and ruint it" (286).
Chronological Order:
111.90
Indeterminate Date Range:
Keywords:
Scheming, Uncertainty, Horse_Race, Gambling, Con
Cultural Issues:
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