"He admitted. He took it off a stranger." Ben had always tried to raise his children to be good people. He didn't let them drink. He didn't let them use foul language. He had taught them to obey authority, be honest, respect the law, be charitable, work hard. There were so many of their lot who drank, or were violent, or went into crime. He had been determined not only to rise above it, but to raise his children above it as well. To learn that his own son had stolen - again - was a blow that almost physically hurt.

He slowly started walking again. "If ye see him in that area again... let him spend the night in a cell where he belongs or take him straight home, please..."