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Indeed, he was sceptical about the
whole thing. Monsignor Perrelli might have told us the truth, had he
cared to do so. But, for reasons which will appear anon, he is
remarkably silent on all that concerns the reign of his great
contemporary. He says nothing more than this:
"His Highness deigned, during the same year, to restore, and put into
its old working order, the decayed heathen rock-chapel vulgarly known
as the Cave of Mercury."
To put into ITS OLD WORKING ORDER; that would sound rather suspicious,
as though to contain a veiled accusation. We must remember, however,
that the historian of Nepenthe bore a grudge against his Prince (of
which likewise more anon), a grudge which he was far too prudent to
vent openly; so bitter and personal a grudge that he may have felt
himself justified in making a covert innuendo of this kind whenever he
could safely risk it.
Meanwhile, everything remained as before--shrouded in mystery. Being
doubly haunted now, by the Duke's victims and by those earlier ones,
the cave fell into greater neglect than ever.


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