Tommie Bassford was concerned over the steady frown on his father's forehead and a little bit hurt because his father hadn't noticed him for at least an hour. At the age of three, Tommie didn't understand a lot of things, although sometimes he felt them very keenly. Sometimes a person's unpleasant mood would be more painful to him than a spanking—well, that is to say, an ordinary spanking. He had heard his father say only last night, "It's a chance to make a million—if I can trust him. And it wo