Entry 50 · Book chapter 51
March 14 1944
A harrowing case of a boy maimed by soldiers guarding supply trucks against child gangs who steal from them.
Themes
Reflections
Justice only for the poor
Lewis observes that the crackdown on the black market only ever catches those with no one to speak for them and no money to bribe their way out, while the well-connected are acquitted or let off with light sentences.
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