5/49 It'll all come perfectly right, I have no manner of doubt. Father Jervis, just ask the doctor to step here." The Cardinal talked a minute or two longer, still with that soothing, peaceful air; and Monsignor, as he listened, watched the priest go up to a row of black boxes, resembling those in his own room, and take down a shutter from one of them. He then said a rapid sentence or two in a whisper, reclosed the shutter, and came back. "Father Jervis has told me how well you did at lunch; and Mr.Manners said nothing, except that you were a very good host and a very graceful listener. So you need not fear that any one will notice. |