he went down to the owenses ' tomb to complain to his parents , but mrs. owens would not hear a word said against miss lupescu , on , as far as bod was concerned , the unfair grounds that silas had chosen her , while mr. owens simply shrugged and started telling bod about his days as a young apprentice cabinetmaker , and how much he would have loved to have learned about all the useful things that bod was learning , which was , as far as bod was concerned , even worse .