Ennis describes his servile situation:
"I doubt there's nothin now we can do," said Ennis. "What I'm sayin, Jack, I built a life up in them years. Love my little girls. Alma? It ain't her fault. You got your baby and wife, that place in Texas.
def - Abjectly submissive; slavish.
=aside= Players
Great to be back.
You probably won't believe my fish stories, so I guess I'll have to eat 'em.