Every other day an old woman from the village brought him a copper conca full of water; once a month she came and washed for him.

When he needed supplies he went to Ardea for them himself.

His dwelling was of elementary simplicity, consisting of two rooms, one above the other, with grated windows and heavy shutters.

In the lower one he cooked and ate, in the upper chamber he slept and kept his few belongings, which included a plentiful supply of ammunition, his Sunday clothes, his linen, and his papers.

The latter consisted of a copy of his certificate of birth, his old military pass-book, showing that he had served his time in an infantry regiment, had been called in for six weeks' drill in the reserve, had been a number of years in the second reserve, and had finally been discharged from all military service.