Julio had left him in evident anger.
The servants, who could not comprehend their master's anxiety, thought that he might be in some tavern, drowning his feelings with drink and awaiting the night to return home.

To this Turchi answered that he had remarked for some time Julio's strange manner, that he seemed so absent-minded, was often heard to sigh and weep--in a word, something weighty appeared pressing on his conscience.
Early in the morning he sent Bernardo to the pavilion to see if Julio were there.

Bernardo reported that there was no evidence of his having been there, except two empty bottles upon a table.

Simon pretended that he had the bottles placed in the room, and Bernardo thought no more of the affair.
Simon Turchi would have satisfied himself by personal examination if Julio had thoroughly performed his work before his departure, but he feared to excite attention by his appearance in that direction; or, perhaps, he might even be obliged to assist at the search of his garden, should the bailiff refuse to exempt it.

He determined to go to the cellar at nightfall, when the search must be interrupted, to examine the arrangements made by Julio.