He had mined for coal, he had struck coal, he had been caught, and now he learned that his sisters had 'humoured' him.
"Don't hold me!" he said.

"I won't run away." The Station Master loosed Peter's collar, struck a match and looked at them by its flickering light.
"Why," said he, "you're the children from the Three Chimneys up yonder.
So nicely dressed, too.

Tell me now, what made you do such a thing?
Haven't you ever been to church or learned your catechism or anything, not to know it's wicked to steal ?" He spoke much more gently now, and Peter said:-- "I didn't think it was stealing.

I was almost sure it wasn't.

I thought if I took it from the outside part of the heap, perhaps it would be.