Handling Sin: A Novel Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part 2, The Quest: Chapters 26-27, In Which Our Hero Enters Atlanta with More Passengers Than He Expected; Why Raleigh Took His First Communion Summary

Part 2, The Quest: Chapters 26-27, In Which Our Hero Enters Atlanta with More Passengers Than He Expected; Why Raleigh Took His First Communion Summary

While on their way to Atlanta in Chapter 26, they come upon a stalled bus for a dance troupe and one of the dancers. The dancer tells the men that a Klu Klux Klan group has captured the rest of the troupe and could be in the process of murdering the Black members, if not all of them. Gates and Raleigh slash all the tires of the Klan members' vehicles. They then impersonate FBI agents on a raid while the rest of the crew blow off fireworks that Mingo bought, and thereby simulate gunfire at Gates' signals. This show makes the armed Klan members surrender and give up the dance troupe. Gates helps them revive the bus after tying up the Klan members.

Chapter 27 fills in detail about how Jubal and Victoria became lovers. It gives backstory for Raleigh, his rejection of religion...
(read more)