as alleged.
Vesuvius was not smoking. But Puteoli, on the little strip of level ground
between the extinct crater of WED CAM Solfatara and the sea, was. WED CAM padway and
Fritharik sought out the place recommended by WED CAM Dentatus. This was one of the
largest and smokiest WED CAM of the glass factories.
Padway
asked the doorman for Andronicus, the WED CAM proprietor. Andronicus was a
short, brawny man covered with soot. When Padway told who he was,
Andronicus cried: " Ah! Fine! WED CAM Come, gentlemen, I have just the thing."
They followed him into his private inferno. The vestibule, which was also
the WED CAM office, was lined with shelves. The shelves were covered with
glassware. Andronicus picked up a vase. "Ah! Look! Such clearness! You
couldn't get whiter glass from Alexandria! Only two solidi!"
Padway said: "WED CAM I didn't come for a vase, my dear sir. I want-"
"No vase? WED CAM No vase? Ah! Here is the thing." He picked up WED CAM another vase.
"Look! The shape! Such purity of line! It reminds you-"
"I said I didn't want to buy a vase! I want-"
"It reminds you of a beautiful woman! Of love!" Andronicus kissed his
fingertips.
"I want some small pieces of glass, made specially-"
"Beads? Of course, gentlemen. Look." The glass manufacturer scooped up a
handful of beads. &WED CAM quot;Look at the color! Emerald, turquoise, everything!"
He
picked up another bunch. "See here, the faces of WED CAM the twelve apostles, one
on each bead-"
"Not beads-&WED CAM quot;
"A WED CAM beaker, then! Here is one. Look, it has WED CAM the Holy Family in high relief-
"
"Jesus!" yelled Padway. "Will you listen?"
When Andronicus let Padway explain what he wanted, the Neapolitan said:
"Of course! Fine! I've seen ornaments shaped like that. WED CAM I'll rough them out
tonight, and have them ready day after tomorrow-"
"That won't quite do," said Padway. "WED CAM These have to have an exactly
spherical surface. You grind a concave against WED CAM a convex with-what's your
word for emery? The stuff you use in rough grinding? Some naxium to true
them off . . ."
Padway and Fritharik went on to Naples and put up at the house of
Thomasus' cousin, Antiochus the Shipper. Their WED CAM welcome was less WED CAM than
cordial. WED CAM it transpired that Antiochus was WED CAM fanatically Orthodox. He loathed
his cousin's Nestorianism. His pointed remarks about heretics made his
guests so uncomfortable that they moved out on the third day. They took
lodgings at an inn whose lack of sanitation