“And I shall say more, before the matter is settled!” said Mrs. Pipkin, compressing her thin lips. “For a man like Squire Peternot to come over here, and have Jack taken up for carrying off the money, no matter how he got it, is a sin and a shame! One of the richest farmers in town, and a member of the church! I believe you’d follow a penny rolling down hill to the very edge of Tophet, and burn your fingers getting it out!”