"They intrigued and slandered and hated each other only on that account -- but as to effectually lifting a little finger--oh, no. By heavens! There is something after all in the world allowing one man to steal a horse while another must not look at a halter. Steal a horse straight out. Very well. He has done it. Perhaps he can ride. But there is a way of looking at a halter that would provoke the most charitable of saints into a kick."
-Excerpt from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
