meanwhile the lad looked suspiciously from one side to the other, and shook his head. "look here," he said at length, "it may not be all right with your pig. in the village through which i passed, the mayor himself had just had one stolen out of its sty. i fear—i fear that you have got hold of it there. they have sent out some people and it would be a bad business if they caught you with the pig; at the very least, you would be shut up in the dark hole."