"I broke the law," said Jon. "I came to steal tomatoes. Joe and I and you caught us . . ."
"I broke the law just now," said Joshua. "I gave you a tomato. It was not mine to give. It was not yours to take.
"But I broke the law because the law is nothing more than reason and the giving of one tomato does not harm the reason. There must be reason behind each law or there is no occasion for the law. If there is no reason, then the law is wrong."
"But to break a law is wrong ..."
"Listen," said Joshua. "You remember this morning?"
"Of course I do."
"Look at those tracks—the metal tracks, set deep into the metal, running up the wall."
Jon looked and saw them.
"That wall," said Joshua, "was the floor until this morning."
"But the tanks! They . . ."