As for the rest, whatever is disagreeable let us hide it, for mercy's sake!" "On the other hand," the priest continued, "I will cheerfully confess the great error of my book.

The Italian Rome which I neglected and sacrificed to papal Rome not only exists but is already so powerful and triumphant that it is surely the other one which is bound to disappear in course of time.

However much the Pope may strive to remain immutable within his Vatican, a steady evolution goes on around him, and the black world, by mingling with the white, has already become a grey world.

I never realised that more acutely than at the _fete_ given by Prince Buongiovanni for the betrothal of his daughter to your grand-nephew.

I came away quite enchanted, won over to the cause of your resurrection." The old man's eyes sparkled.