"Hear me, Sir Rowland!" he cried.

"I am innocent, f have stolen nothing.

This person--this Jonathan Wild, whom I beheld for the first time, scarcely an hour ago, in Wych Street, is--I know not why--my enemy.

He has sworn that he'll take away my life!" "Bah!" interrupted Jonathan.

"You won't listen to this nonsense, Sir Rowland!" "If you _are_ innocent, boy," said the knight, controlling his emotion; "you have nothing to apprehend.