Possible Clues:

• Unjust payoff
• Poor bargain
• Model read law, but had rotten luck
• It's not a good bargain to get such unseasoned wood
• Harsh treatment, given untreated wood
• It's an outrage
• Transaction good joiners would reject
• Read law carelessly, leading to unfair treatment
• Instance of unfairness
• Timber in natural state given harsh treatment