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pride of the Piazza. His ‘Eruption of Vesuvius,’
his ‘Procession of San Costanzo,’ his ‘Salto di
Tiberio,’ his ‘Bella Carmela’ lay all in a heap
on the floor, their frames broken, their canvases
split. His ‘Tiberio swimming in the Blue
Grotto’ stood still on the easel all splashed over with
patches of ultramarine in mad confusion. The
Sindaco informed me that so far the investigations
carried out by the local authorities had led to no
result. The theory of brigands had been
abandoned by the Liberal party since it had been
ascertained that nothing of real value had been
carried away. Even the two dangerous
Neapolitan camorrists, in villeggiatura in the gaol of
Capri for over a year, had been able to establish
their alibi. It had been proved that owing to the
heavy rain they had remained the whole night in
the prison instead of taking their usual stroll in
the village after midnight as was their custom.
They were besides good Catholics and very
popular and not likely to disturb themselves with
such trifles.
The theory of il Demonio had been dismissed
by the Clerical party out of respect for the
memory of Don Giacinto. Who then were the
perpetrators of these dastardly outrages? There
remained one hypothesis. There remained the
secular enemy, almost at their very door,
Anacapri! Of course it was all the work of the
Anacapresi! It explained everything! Il
Canonico was the deadly enemy of the Anacapresi
who had never forgiven him for having scoffed
at the last miracle of Sant’Antonio in his famous
sermon on the day of San Costanzo. The fierce
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