to meet the King, Nino had headed a hue and cry after
a priest suspected of acting as spy, and riding furiously
after the man to arrest him had let his horse slip in a
narrow lane, and fractured his leg against a wall. He
lay, however, quite happy in the hospital at Naples, for
his wife came out from Genoa to nurse him, and since
the volunteers' part in the fighting was over he was
able to turn his mind to the docile family affections which
shared dominion in his heart with the rage for his
country's service. ¹

Victor Emmanuel, after having fraternised with
Medici's men, and ridden close up to the walls of Capua
at the greatest risk of being cut off by the enemy's out-
posts, recrossed the Volturno and returned to Teano.
His army was there divided into two, one part going on
towards the line of the Garigliano and Gaeta, and the
other under General Della Rocca coming south to besiege
Capua. Della Rocca had to negotiate a delicate situation
with Garibaldi. Although the red-shirts were no longer
to be allowed to take part in the serious operations of
the campaign, yet on October 28 their services were still
required for yet a few days longer to help guard the
lines for the royal siege batteries. Garibaldi, fearing
that his men might be annoyed at receiving orders from
Della Rocca if they considered that a slight was being
put upon themselves or their chief, not only placed the
whole of his army at the absolute disposal of the Pied-
montese general, but was at pains to devise a plan
whereby Della Rocca's orders were conveyed to the red-
shirts through Sirtori, as though they still came from
Garibaldi himself. He strictly enjoined on his staff to
prevent the men from knowing that the orders did not
in reality emanate from him. Shaking his supplanter
warmly by the hand, he wished him luck, and rode off to
Caserta. ²

Two days later Della Rocca, who had been deeply

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