26With his family gone and church work suspended Millson had little else to do besides garden, pack and work out. As a result he was in his best physical shape in years—stamina, strength and respiration all good. He thought it best to conceal this fact, however, because he did not want to attract any unwanted attention. He let his hair and beard grow and only trimmed them when they got in the way. He washed infrequently and never pressed his clothes. In fact, he always wore his oldest and least compatible outfits. He even scavenged dumpsters for empty liquor bottles which he then deposited in his own garbage cans and left out front uncovered for collection and the prying eyes of neighbors and congregants.
There's a method to my madness, he declared to his friend Dex. Well, indeed there wa
