interrupt her, "you are doing the man himself an injustice. If he is bad
enough to ill-treat his dog, he will ill-treat his wife and children. If
he is checked and punished now for his cruelty, he may reform. And even
if his wicked heart is not changed, he will be obliged to treat them
with outward kindness, through fear of punishment"

The young man looked convinced, and almost as ashamed as if he had been
the one to crop my ears. "What do you want me to do?" he said, slowly,
and looking sheepishly at the boys who were staring open-mouthed at him
and the young girl.

The girl pulled a little watch from her belt. "I want you to report that
man immediately. It is now five o'clock. I will go down to the police
station with you, if you like."

"Very well," he said, his face brightening, and together they went off
to the house.





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CHAPTER IV