I arrived at the railway station here" (touching the non-descript building), "and took a room in the Villa Nuova here" (he laid a finger on the mansion), "which, as you see, is quite close to the Hotel de Londres here" (a flourish over the hotel), "at which, as I expected, Mr.Capella took up his abode.

According to your instructions I obtained a competent assistant, a native of Naples, and we both awaited Mr.Capella's arrival.

He reached Naples at 10.30 a.m.

the day following my advent at night, and after breakfast drove straight to the Reclusorio, or Asylum for the Poor, situated here" (he indicated the institution), "close to the Botanical Gardens.

Mr.Capella arranged with the authorities to withdraw from the poorhouse an elderly woman named Maria Bresciano.