One was in the suburbs outside the Olive Gate; the other was farther in, by St.
Andrew's Gate, and quite near to the sea.

The house outside the Olive Gate has disappeared; and it was probably here that our Christopher first saw the light, and pleased Domenico's heart with his little cries and struggles.

Neither the day nor even the year is certainly known, but there is most reason to believe that it was in the year 1451.

They must have moved soon afterwards to the house in the Vico Dritto di Ponticello, No.

37, in which most of Christopher's childhood was certainly passed.