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The remainder of the story involves Ned's attempts to race the horse in order to win enough money to help out his relative, and Boon's courtship with Miss Corrie ( who is actually called Everbe Corinthia ).

Lucius, a young, wealthy, and sheltered boy, comes of age in Memphis.

He comes into contact for the first time with the underside of society.

Much of the novel involves Lucius trying to reconcile his genteel and idealized vision of life with the reality he is faced with on this trip.

He meets Corrie's nephew, a boy a few years older than Lucius who acts as his foil and embodies many of the worst aspects of humanity.

He degrades women, respects no one, blackmails the brothel owner, steals, and curses.

Eventually Lucius, ever the white knight, fights him to defend Corrie's honor.

She is so touched at his willingness to stand up for her that she determines to become an honest woman.