He was faced with a dilemma over how he had done things so far and the thing he had been asked to do.
Anders was struggling with what to do as he knew what he was being asked to do would be very wrong.
He was well aware of the fact that he would be crossing a certain line, but he kept talking to himself. "It will be just this once. If I can just get this over with, I can get them to stop, or it will help to delay them.
I can always just put the money back with my own money later if it does come to it. It will not be like that much money will be missed if it goes missing."
He was already trying to rationalise everything as he was coming around to the idea more.
He could get away with it if he did go through with it, since it was such a small amount compared to what was usually collected every week or month.
