ABSTRACT
Now Angiolina had a daughter named Franca,256 who shared all her secrets, and she told her about the dauphin’s return, adding, “Franca, go and see if the three fires are lit on the tower of Mt. Rotondo.”257 The child went and just before midnight spotted the three agreed-upon signal fires, as well as three other answering fires from the highest point of the castle called Sulicchiata. Not long after, the dauphin arrived in Castiglione with four of his trusty men. He sent a signal to Angiolina, and she and her daughter climbed down a silken ladder from the second oval window supported by a small column in the middle of the esplanade. From there, under the dauphin’s protection, they crossed Francavilla Gagi and got on a swift boat that was ready for them at Schiso, from which point they took to the sea.
