And you were already a bad boy, when you were only seven years old, full of all kinds of tricks; and already you had begun to steal." "Oh, only sugar," protested Lupin.
"Yes, you began by stealing sugar," said Victoire, in the severe tones of a moralist.

"And then it was jam, and then it was pennies.

Oh, it was all very well at that age--a little thief is pretty enough.

But now--when you're twenty-eight years old." "Really, Victoire, you're absolutely depressing," said Lupin, yawning; and he helped himself to jam.
"I know very well that you're all right at heart," said Victoire.

"Of course you only rob the rich, and you've always been kind to the poor....