Once or twice I asked what was the matter, but the people neglected answering me, and I was not very importunate; but after the crowd was wholly past, I took my opportunity to turn about and take up what was behind me and walk away. This, indeed, I did with less disturbance than I had done formerly, for these things I did not steal, but they were stolen to my hand. I got safe to my lodgings with this cargo, which was a piece of fine black lustring silk, and a piece of velvet; the latter was but part of a piece of about eleven yards; the former was a whole piece of near fifty yards.
Une ou deux fois je demandai ce qu'il y avait, mais les gens négligèrent de me répondre et je ne fus pas fort importune; mais après que la foule se fut entièrement écoulée, je saisis mon occasion pour me retourner et ramasser ce qui était derrière moi et m'en aller; ce que je fis en vérité avec moins de trouble que je n'avais fait avant, car ces choses, je ne les avais pas volées, mais elles étaient venues toutes volées dans ma main.