He ran away from it because he fancied that he had been illtreated, and soon found it easy to make more money by thieving than his father had done by a lifetime of honest work.

• 他自认为受到了虐待，便不辞而别。很快他就发现偷窃的行当比他父亲毕生诚实劳动容易挣到更多的钱。