If not, so much the worse; he will be warned." "Look here, Nino," I said, astonished at the idea.

"I have taught you a little logic.

Suppose you meant to steal a horse instead of a woman.
Would you go to the owner of the horse, with your hat in your hand, and say, 'I trust your worship will not be offended if I steal this horse, which seems to be a good animal and pleases me'; and then would you expect him to allow you to steal his horse ?" "Sor Cornelio, the case is not the same.

Women have a right to be free, and to marry whom they please; but horses are slaves.

However, as I am not a thief, I would certainly ask the man for the horse; and if he refused it, and I conceived that I had a right to have it, I would take it by force and not by stealth." "It appears to me that if you meant to get possession of what was not yours, you might as well get it in the easiest possible way," I objected.