no one durst oppose me, though every one cried, "Stop thief!" I
came safely, however, to the Jesuits' convent; but poor Schell was
taken, and dragged to prison like a malefactor.

Half mad at not being able to rescue him, I imagined he must soon be
delivered up to the Prussians. My reception was much better at the
convent than it had been before, for they no longer doubted but I
was really a thief, who sought an asylum. I addressed myself to one
of the fathers, who appeared to be a good kind of a man, relating
briefly what had happened, and entreated he would endeavour to
discover why they sought to molest us.

He went out, and returning in an hour after, told me, "Nobody knows
you: a considerable theft was yesterday committed at the fair: all
suspicious persons are seized; you entered the town accoutred like
banditti. The man where you put up is employed as a Prussian
enlister, and has announced you as suspicious people. The Prussian
lieutenant therefore laid complaint against you, and it was thought
necessary to secure your persons."

My joy, at hearing this, was great. Our Moravian passport, and the
journal of our route, which I had in my pocket, were full proofs of
our innocence. I requested they would send and inquire at the town
where we lay the night before. I soon convinced the Jesuit I spoke
truth; he went, and presently returned with one of the syndics, to
whom I gave a more full account of myself. The syndic examined
Schell, and found his story and mine agreed; besides which, our
papers that they had seized, declared who we were. I passed the
night in the convent without closing my eyes, revolving in my mind
all the rigours of my fate. I was still more disturbed for Schell,