Brandishing a little Pinkie & the brain

[Terrance Flaherty]

"Tha predicted a fair passage back to the Tents, indeed we have wagered
a pistole,--"  M&D.363

Even the RC is gambling in America. It seems that P has some very deep
religious stuff in mind with all this gambling, gaming, and wagering.
Same as the verbal contests and dancing, like the wedding scene in GR.
In fact, Dixon avoids fighting a man because **others** spread the rumor
that he is a Quaker and will not fight and the men agree to a contest
that will not include pistols or balls. 

This is one of the bakers dozen that I mentioned.  Dixon under his
breath or talking to himself or god or his friend Mr. Mason says that he
is not a pacifist and that those that say he is are wrong. But the
rumors or the assumptions serve to keep him in check and to keep the
other person in check too. This is America after all and Dixon knows
that many men are carrying guns of other implements of destruction.  Why
should he not take advantage of the rumor or the misconception that he
is a pacifist and will not fight? He avoids a fight as long as he can
and by any means available to him, but when push comes to shove, Dixon
will be braver than Mason could ever have imagined. Now, on what page do
Mason and Dixon discuss Dixon's Quaker Bravery? There are several of
these in the text in chapters 1-40. Let me have a look. 

"I'll Be BACK."