It is that which made me send the letter alluded to above.
Now, I do not want anything but what the Pope thinks right.

I know that he does not desire my ruin and my disgrace." He proceeds to notice that the building work at S.Lorenzo is being carried forward very slowly, and money spent upon it with increasing parsimony.

Still he has his pension and his house; and these imply no small disbursements.

He cannot make out what the Pope's real wishes are.

If he did but know Clement's mind, he would sacrifice everything to please him.