The Reivers - Study Guide Chapter 6 Summary & Analysis

Lucius and Boon learn that Ned has traded Grandfather's vehicle for a horse. Ned, oblivious, is staring at the gold tooth in Minnie's mouth, and Lucius understands that Ned feels something far more than Lucius had felt looking at the tooth. Ned states that Boss never wanted a car, and before Lucius even goes to look, Ned tells them the man who traded the horse has already hotwired the vehicle and taken it away. As Ned attempts to persuade Minnie to provide him with her services for the evening, Boon asks where the man lives, intending to persuade the man to return the vehicle.

At this point, Ned tells the group his plan to win back the vehicle, along with any winnings, by entering the horse into a horse race. According to Ned, the man who traded with him knows of a horse that has raced against...