text:  Nerio a far greater sceptic than Michael suddenly affected great respect for the invisible world and by exciting Michael gradually engaged him amidst the laughing of his companions to undertake to fry a dozen of eggs on the tomb of a Turkish _santon_ a short distance beyond the Patissia gate--to leave a pot of charcoal to be seen next morning as a proof of his valour and return to the party with the dish of eggs