Perhaps robbery is doomed to lead to murder.

Minoret had committed the crime without the slightest reflection, so rapidly had the events taken place; reflection came later.

Now, if you have thoroughly possessed yourself of this man's nature and bodily presence you will understand the mighty effect produced on him by a thought.
Remorse is more than a thought; it comes from a feeling which can no more be hidden than love; like love, it has its own tyranny.

But, just as Minoret had committed the crime against Ursula without the slightest reflection, so he now blindly longed to drive her from Nemours when he felt himself disturbed by the sight of that wronged innocence.

Being, in a sense, imbecile, he never thought of the consequences; he went from danger to danger, driven by a selfish instinct, like a wild animal which does not foresee the huntsman's skill, and relies on its own rapidity or strength.