I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent.
A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm.
As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.