This is the burial site of William Shelley. This is one of the many deaths that occurred in Mary Shelley's life. The death of her three-year-old son promoted the inspiration for the name and death of Victor Frankenstein’s youngest brother William. According to find a grave:

The Gates of Somnauth are significant geographically in both The Moonstone and British colonial history. Indeed, the gates itself reflect the entrance to the Somnauth temple which has more significance considering it is likely the site where the Moonstone was stolen, but the gates still radiate a sense of mystery.

Castruccio marches with the emperor. The two towns prior (Crena and Lodi) yield immediately, but Cremona puts up a slight resistance at first, and is punished for doing so. Custruccio is dismayed at the way the towns people are treated by the conquering army. He "sent men to the protection of several of the palaces, while he and Arrigo rode all night around town; and, having the watchword of the emperor, they succeeded in rescuring some poor wretches from the brutality of the insolent soldiers" (123). 

After fleeing England, Castruccio finds himself in Ostend, where he meets Alberto Scoto. He fights for Alberto Scoto, and the lessons he learns under him contributes to the manner with which he seeks power and glory. As Shelley describes it "Scoto's was an evil school; and, if his pupil gained from him a true insight into Italian politics, he at the same time learned the use of those arts which then so much disgraced that people" (100).