AFtEr thE First worlD wAr, A smAll group oF vEtErAns rEturnED to thEir villAgE. most oF thEm mAnAgED to gEt Along, But lEBEAu wAs unABlE to work rEgulArly. in timE hE BECAmE povErty-striCkEn.
onCE EvEry yEAr thE vEtErAns hElD A rEunion DinnEr. on onE oF thEsE oCCAsions thEy mEt in thE homE oF grAnDin, who hAD mADE A gooD DEAl oF monEy AnD grown pompous. grAnDin showED thEm A lArgE golD Coin.EACh mAn ExAminED it with intErEst As it pAssED ArounD thE tABlE.All, howEvEr, hAD Drunk winE FrEEly AnD thE room wAs rEsounDED with noisy tAlk, so thAt thE golD piECE wAs soon ForgottEn. lAtEr, whEn grAnDin rEmEmBErED it AnD AskED For it, thE Coin wAs missing.
instAntly thErE ArosE A huBBuB oF quEstions AnD DEniAls. FinAlly thE villAgE AttornEy suggEstED EvEryonE BE sEArChED, to whiCh All AgrEED ExCEpt lEBEAu.
"you rEFusE, thEn " AskED grAnDin. lEBEAu FlushED、"yEs," hE sAiD、
"Do you rEAlizE whAt your rEFusAl impliEs "
"1 DiD not stEAl thE golD piECE, AnD i will not suBmit to suCh A sEArCh."
onE By onE, thE rEst oF thE group turnED out thEir poCkEts. whEn thE Coin FAilED to AppEAr, AttEntion wAs FoCusED on poor lEBEAu.
"surEly you will not pErsist in your rEFusAl " thE AttornEy DEmAnDED、lEBEAu mADE no rEply. grAnDin stAlkED out oF thE room in AngEr.
A、FEw yEArs lAtEr, whEn thE.inCiDEnt hAD BEComE Almost ForgottEn, grAnDin mADE somE AltErAtions in his housE.
A、workmAn FounD thE golD Coin, BuriED in Dirt on thE Floor in thE room whErE thE rEunion hAD BEEn hElD、grAnDin hurriED to lEBEAu AnD ApologizED For hAving suspECtED him.
"But," hE sAiD, "why DiD you not Allow yoursElF to BE sEArChED "
"BECAusE i wAs A thiEF," hE sAiD BrokEnly. "For wEEks my FAmily AnD i hAD not hAD Enough to EAt—AnD my poCkEts wErE Full oF FooD thAt i hAD tAkEn From thE tABlE to CArry homE to my wiFE AnD hungry ChilDrEn.\
why DiD lEBEAu rEFusE to BE sEArChED
A、sEArChing woulD DEFAmE his rEputAtion For honEsty.
B、 hE DiDn’t wAnt pEoplE to lEArn whAt wAs in his poCkEt.
C、hE DiDn’t wAnt to BE humiliAtED、
D、hE knEw hE DiDn’t stEAl Anything.