His first name is Olaf … The herring fishermen who sometimes go as far as Norway say there are plenty of people over there who have that name … Nonetheless, people said he was really a German spy. That’s why, when he got married, his wife was kept at arm’s length. Then we discovered he really was a sailor and was first mate on a German merchantman, and that was why he didn’t show up very often … Eventually people stopped bothering about him, but we’re still wary
