“Are you supposed to know for certain he’d only committed the one
offense?”
“Quite sure,” with conviction.
“What made him do it?”
It wasn’t so easy as I thought. Theft didn’t seem to fit the case.
“Well--he was tempted, and--er--didn’t seem to have as strict a moral
standard as most people.”
“Um,” Roger considered, then: “This seems to be a complicated case. Was
he completely without will, no force, no character?”
“Not at all,” I said sharply. “He had a great deal of will and any
amount of character.”
“He sounds like a dangerous criminal--plenty of force and will and no
moral standard.”