He says that while Patrick was a bit of a layabout, he was fond of studying. Carl asked for some books for his son, but Ranek didn't have them. But…

He says that while Patrick was a bit of a layabout, he was fond of studying. Carl asked for some books for his son, but Ranek didn't have them. But that good-for-nothing Schimmer did. Carl turned him in to the authorities afterwards, and rightly so.