When this is understood, the symbolic film""s complex fabric makes more sense, especially if interpreted in Freudian terms.On the veranda of the club, four men are seated playing bridge.One of them [later identified as John Strangways (Tim Moxon)] rises and excuses himself o make a regularly-scheduled appointment, walking out onto the driveway of the club and passing the three blacks seen earlier.The two were ied together by 29 inch long shackles, and faced a hostile posse of townspeople and authorities, a lynching mob, barking bloodhounds, and a swamp.I know I need dough but I don""t need it this badly.If you""re hard up for companionship, there are guys in town that do this kind of hing for a living.Call one of them." Following his "righteous" display of his honor and "male initiative," Milo explains why she invited him.