Part 2, The Quest: Chapters 11-13, In Which Our Hero Attends a Surprise Party; Raleigh Escapes; Wherein Is Continued the Account of the Innumerable Troubles Endured by Our Hero Summary

In Chapter 11, Raleigh convinces Mingo that stopping to pick up items for the scavenger hunt is a smart thing to do, and so they drive to Victoria's house, who accompanies them to Cowstream where Raleigh can obtain the trunk and family Bible from Lovie's house. When they arrive, a surprise birthday party for Lovie, who has just turned sixty, is in progress. Mingo decides that he should run away to South America to avoid the law, and when Victoria asks him what country, he cannot answer. Victoria is not...