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Mr. Haycox
Gottwald is the previous owner of the farm that Paul buys. Gottwald included a clause in his will saying that the farm has to stay the exact way it has always been, without any kind of mechanization. This is why Mr. Haycox is tasked with keeping up the property by farming the land and caring for the house. Paul finds this machine-free environment extremely appealing, so he buys the farm.
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Chapter 14
...outskirts of town. While everyone sees it as a useful piece of property, its owner, Gottwald, stipulated in his will that the property had to be preserved exactly as it is....
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Chapter 15
...is the place’s caretaker no matter who owns it—according to Haycox, this, too, was in Gottwald’s will.
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