`` Well , then , where is the ham ? '' I said . That question was unanswerable , as Kate discovered after another thorough search . The ham was gone -- that much was certain . `` I believe Peter Crow has levanted with the ham , '' I said decidedly . `` I do n't believe Peter Crow could be so dishonest , '' said Kate rather shortly . `` His wife has worked for us for years , and she 's as honest as the sunlight . '' `` Honesty is n't catching , '' I remarked , but I said nothing more just then , for Kate 's black eyes were snapping . `` Anyway , we ca n't have ham for breakfast , '' she said , twitching out the frying pan rather viciously . `` We 'll have to put up with canned chicken -- if the cans have n't disappeared too . '' They had n't , and we soon produced a very tolerable breakfast . But neither of us had much appetite . `` Do you suppose Peter Crow has taken the horses as well as the ham ? '' I asked . `` No , '' gloomily responded Kate , who had evidently been compelled by the logic of hard facts to believe in Peter 's guilt , `` he would hardly dare to do that , because he could n't dispose of them without being found out . They 've probably strayed away on their own account when Peter decamped . As soon as this mist lifts I 'll have a look for them . They ca n't have gone far . '' We were spared this trouble , however , for when we were washing up the dishes the ponies returned of their own accord . Kate caught them and harnessed them .
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