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CHAPTER XXVIII
When the Marchesino received the invitation of Artois to dine with him
and the ladies from the island on the night of the Festa of the
Madonna del Carmine he was again ill in bed with fever. But
nevertheless he returned an immediate acceptance. Then he called in
the family doctor, and violently demanded to be made well, "perfectly
well," by the evening of the sixteenth. The doctor, who guessed at
once that some amorous adventure was on foot, promised to do his best,
and so ingeniously plied his patient with drugs and potions that on
the sixteenth Doro was out of bed, and busily doing gymnastics to test
his strength for the coming campaign.
Artois' invitation had surprised him. He had lost all faith in his
friend, and at first almost suspected an ambush. Emilio had not
invited him out of love--that was certain. But perhaps the ladies of
the island had desired his presence, his escort. He was a Neapolitan.
He knew the ways of the city. That was probably the truth.


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