"Would you like me to drown myself immediately, or are you inclined for a little more conversation ?" Ruggiero had now taken the helm altogether.

As San Miniato spoke he nodded to his brother who was forward, intimating that he meant to go about.

He was certainly not in his normal frame of mind, for he had an evil thought at that moment.

Fortunately for every one concerned the breeze was very light and was indeed dying away as the sun sank lower.
They were already nearing the southernmost point of Capri, commonly called by sailors the Monaco, for what reason no one knows.

To reach Tragara where the Faraglioni, or needles, rise out of the deep sea close to the rocky shore under the cliffs, it is necessary to go round the point.