There's nothing against John Jago, except that he is so odd in his ways.

They do say he wears all that nasty hair on his face (I hate hair on a man's face) on account of a vow he made when he lost his wife.

Don't you think, Mr.Lefrank, a man must be a little mad who shows his grief at losing his wife by vowing that he will never shave himself again?
Well, that's what they do say John Jago vowed.

Perhaps it's a lie.

People are such liars here! Anyway, it's truth (the boys themselves confess _that_), when John came to the farm, he came with a first-rate character.