This chapter's epigraph comes from a poem by a famous poet named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. In the poem, he says, "I've got a message for you: I'm here to tell you that you're not alone. You're surrounded by devils. I've sent a message to my elders and masters, and they'll be there any minute. We can't beat the devils" , Longfellow says. He's referring to the two black men in black, who have surrounded the two white men. The white men are stronger than the black men because they're trained in the martial arts, which is why they've been surrounded by the black