Excerpt from The Brookes of Bridlemere The Squire wouldn't miss it, if you took five shillings off his chimney-piece; but the law would send you to prison and hard labour, all the same and serve you right! Poaching is but stealing out of doors, J em. You ought to know that as well as I do. I tell you, I wouldn't trust a poacher any more than I would a housebreaker or a thief. But J em could not see the matter exactly in this light. It is doubtful if he ever admitted to himself he was com mitting a crime when he picked up a hare for supper on a shiny night, though he had a vague idea that it was not quite a respectable action; and, indeed, if he knew his own interest, was better let alone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.