Several times already Chantal had been warned by her friends that she'd better get that defective lock on her back door replaced. But of course it still came as a surprise when she arrived home one day, only to find that her house had been turned upside down and ransacked.
"Oh darn, someone broke into my house!" she thought. "A burglar!"
When the initial shock had worn off a bit, she thought of her computer, probably her only possession worthwhile stealing. She hurried to the bedroom, barely avoiding an overturned chair and the scattered contents of her bookstand now covering the floor of the living room.
The computer was still there. And