6. Don Anselmo has already know the trees is belong to the village. At first he dress up as a elegant gentleman with his ragged gloves, his stick and a boy behind him then walk to the office and make a negotiation with the American. Before he leave to the lawyer's office, he maybe had plan this situation that this tree is belong to the village not his property so his deed is to sold all of his possession except for the trees in the orchard.
According to the title "Gentlemen of Rio en Medio", you could already know or make prediction about the theme is about you should known everything before you negotiated or make an agreement so Don Anselmo had plan everything in his head before he negotiated with the American.