The smooth mountain rock surface makes a higher runoff rate than a vegetation surface. Differ form soil; mountain rocks have small fractures in the surface that absorb a little water but not that much.
Answer:
He said that his father was a cultured man, that he was unsentimental. His father rarely showed his feelings, and was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin. I'm not sure what the others saw other than him being weak and frail.
