"Washington, I never heard anybody talk like you. Suppose you were a thief, and that trunk was lying around and nobody watching—wouldn't you steal it? Come, now, answer fair—wouldn't you steal it?
"Well, now, since you corner me, I would take it,—but I wouldn't consider it stealing.
"You wouldn't! Well, that beats me. Now what would you call stealing?"
"Why, taking property is stealing."
"Property! Now what a way to talk that is: What do you suppose that trunk is worth?"
"Is it in good repair?"
"Perfect. Hair rubbed off a little, but the main structure is perfectly sound."
"Does it leak anywhere?"
"Leak? Do you want to carry water in it? What do you mean by does it leak?"
"Why—a—do the clothes fall out of it when it is—when it is stationary?"