Immediately it was rumoured all over the prison that Moll Flanders would turn evidence against one of the highwaymen, and that I was to come off by it from the sentence of transportation.
Aussitôt on sut par toute la prison que Moll Flanders allait porter témoignage contre un des voleurs de grand'route, grâce à quoi on me remettrait ma sentence de déportation.