Chapter 25 No.25

"And chiefly thou, O spirit, that dust prefer,

Before all temples, the upright heart and pure,

Instruct me; for thou know'st!"

MILTON

The spot in which Carlo Giuntotardi had taken refuge is well known on the Sorrentine shore, as the water-cavern at the ruins of Queen Joan's country-house. Cavern it is not, though the entrance is beneath