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Chapter 6 (about the eccentric Junius Maltby and his son Robbie) tests credulity - it's highly doubtful that a man with no money who doesn't farm his land and has no interest in foraging could have kept himself and his son fed for years and years - but that implausibility is redeemed by the quietly heartbreaking ending of the story. I would have loved to see Steinbeck revisit this, with Robbie as an adult.