The windows looked out on the central court, where a fountain played, and the rooms themselves were furnished in the usual Roman fashion--painted ceilings, stone floors, and a few damask hangings.
Monsignor turned to the servant who was superintending the two Englishmen they had brought.
"I've not been in Rome for some time," he said in Latin.

"Tell me what this house is now ?" "Monsignor, it is the English palace.

Monsignor is in the apartment of His Eminence Cardinal Bellairs." "The King himself stays here ?" "It is His Majesty's palace," said the man.

"The Prince George arrived two days ago.

His Highness is in the apartment below." Monsignor smiled.