They seized him and dragged
him away, gathering the tenants of the market place about them and
boasting that they had caught a notorious thief. Thereupon he was
led away to appear before the judge.
15. But this is as far as his lesson was to go. For
immediately, O Lord, thou didst come to the rescue of his
innocence, of which thou wast the sole witness. As he was being
led off to prison or punishment, they were met by the master
builder who had charge of the public buildings. The captors were
especially glad to meet him because he had more than once
suspected them of stealing the goods that had been lost out of the
market place. Now, at last, they thought they could convince him
who it was that had committed the thefts. But the custodian had
often met Alypius at the house of a certain senator, whose
receptions he used to attend. He recognized him at once and,
taking his hand, led him apart from the throng, inquired the cause
of all the trouble, and learned what had occurred. He then
commanded all the rabble still around -- and very uproarious and
full of threatenings they were -- to come along with him, and they
came to the house of the young man who had committed the deed.
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