"Why, certainly ... much easier!"
"Have you had it long?"
"Not long—and it nearly got stolen...."
"But you got it back?"
"Yes! One of our own villagers had it."
"Well, and did you have the law of him?"
"Why, naturally!"
"But why prosecute, if you got the plough back?"
"Why, you see, he's a thief!"
"What then? The man will go to prison, and learn to steal worse!"