“{B)ut I think I shall fine him. Yes, i that I shall fine him.” * isnot improbable : And do you imagine that that will do any good?” It will do my pocket good to the extent of a Tupee or two, provided of course, I do not remit later.” “But him, I mean—do you suppose that it will do him the least good? I doubt it myself very much.” “It will furnish him with further data for his misdemeanour tariff; that is about all.” “T don’t understand,” she said. “He will get from the fine a rough idea of how much it will cost him to repeat an experiment of this kind. Next time he will count up and calculate. If he is not quite sure that the fun is worth the fine, he will deny himself.” Cecil C. Lowis, The Machinations of the Myo-Ok (1903) ¢