 He let them cousins of my old woman's keep me on their farm and work me to death like a dog. Yeah, well, he's got queer notions on some things. I've heard him say that a farm was the best place for a kid. Sure. That's what he'd always answer back. And a lot of crazy stuff about staying away from the sea. Stuff I couldn't make head or tail to. I thought he must be nutty. Yeah, he is on that one point.