Tobias shook his head. Once again he felt quiet anger that this could happen in a civilised country, and compassion for the child. That was it. He resolved then and there that even if the boy would turn out to be crap at farmwork, he would keep him on. Someone had to do look out for this kid.

"You should have been careful, traveling with strangers." Street urchins were vulnerable and now and then he heard or read such awful stories.