There's a saying about honour and thieves. You have plenty of time to reflect on its mendacity while you are tied up in the corner, watching the urchin-gang you recruited strip the place to its floorboards.
[…] When a highly-organised gang strikes at half a dozen houses simultaneously, no-one thinks to put the blame on you. Well, you would hardly tie yourself up, eh?
You meet the urchin-gang in an alley to split the take. […]