Underneath, a boat was tethered to one of the supports.

About thirty yards away, a man was rowing leisurely around in another small boat.
"That's where father spends about twelve hours a day," she said.

"What he is doing no one knows.

He won't even allow me to speak of it.

When we meet at meals, I am not supposed to allude to the fact that he has been out in that crazy place.