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And since the night of his vain singing along the shore to
the Nisida he had been ill with fever, brought on by jealousy and
disappointment, brought on partly also by the busy workings of a
heated imagination which painted his friend Emilio in colors of inky
black.
The Marchesino had not the faintest doubt that Artois was in love with
Vere. He believed this not from any evidence of his eyes, for, even
now, in not very lucid moments, he could not recall any occasion on
which he had seen Emilio paying court to the pretty English girl. But,
then, he had only seen them together twice--on the night of his first
visit to the island and on the night of the storm. It was the general
conduct of his friend that convinced him, conduct in connection not
with Vere, but with himself--apart from that one occasion when Emilio
must have lain hidden with Vere among the shadows of the grotto of
Virgil. He had been deceived by Emilio. He had thought of him as an
intellectual, who was also a bon vivant and interested in Neapolitan
life.


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