A younger person may have been able to take this desperate financial situation in their stride but it worried this lady so much that she turned bandit, said Mr. Barker.

• “换个年轻些的人也许还能轻而易举地摆脱这种令人绝望的经济困境，但这位老太太却对此忧心忡忡，以至于沦为匪徒，”巴克先生说。