After asking the bewildered students to stand outside the locked classroom, I searched each bag. Joseph had complained earlier about his missing new pen.
Even after finding it in Thomas’ bag, I continued searching for the benefit of peeping Toms, if any.
Taking Joseph aside, I told him, “You should have searched thoroughly. The pen is in your bag.”
“I’m in the police force now, Sir, and I always give the petty thieves a chance to mend their ways, as you did once,” Thomas told me years later.
Even after finding it in Thomas’ bag, I continued searching for the benefit of peeping Toms, if any.
Taking Joseph aside, I told him, “You should have searched thoroughly. The pen is in your bag.”
“I’m in the police force now, Sir, and I always give the petty thieves a chance to mend their ways, as you did once,” Thomas told me years later.
