Chapter 6 Summary

Chapter six finds Cosimo restlessly stalking about his kingdom, intent on catching a glimpse of the girl who has captivated him. She is under the close watch of her aunts, except for the time she spends on her horse when there is no one who will follow her. No one, that is, except Cosimo. He spends so much time above the Ondarivas' garden, and the Baron blames the family on that side of the brick wall so entirely for the state of his son's mind that he send servants with ladders under the command of the stammering Cavalier to go over there and capture him.

The rescue attempt is as unsuccessful as the reader might expect. The adults of the neighboring household are just as baffled as they ought to be, and when the Cavalier does manage to climb the ladder into the...