Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.6.24

7.6.24

svāmino doṣeṇa gato guṇenāgataḥ parasya guṇena gato doṣeṇāgata iti kāraṇād gatāgataḥ saṃdheyaḥ //

He who runs away owing to his master's fault and returns in consideration of (his master's) good nature, or he who runs away attracted by the good nature of his master's enemy and returns finding fault with the enemy is to be reconciled as he had reason to run away and to return.