But I had business to attend to before I could go upstairs. In thinking over and arranging this plan for the capture of burglars, I had carefully considered its various processes, and had provided against all the contingencies I could think of; therefore I was not now obliged to deliberate what I should do. ""Keep your eye on them,"" said I to David, ""and if one of them moves be ready for him. The first thing to do is to tie them hand and foot."" Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1889 года (издательство "New York, Dodd, Mead"). Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Stories Of The Three Burglars (Frank R. Stockton)