Afterwards, he began shouting, and thumping the furniture with his fists, saying he would fill all the vacancies in the Cathedral with the dregs of the clergy, that he would fill the Chapter with drunkards, with impostors, etc.

'I will harass the Chapter,' he shouted, 'I will dirty it; I will teach them to talk less of me; I will cover them, yes, sir, I will cover them with....' And you may guess, uncle, with what His Eminence wished to cover the canons.

And the poor man was right.

Why should those in the choir interfere with this way or that way that Don Sebastian lives, or if he has those bonds or others?
Does not he let them live as they choose?
Does he ever say a word to them about their scandalous visits, although all Toledo knows of them ?" "And what do the canons say about the cardinal ?" "They say Juanito is his grandson, and that his father, who died, and who passed as nephew of His Eminence, was really his son by a certain lady when he was bishop in Andalusia.

But this does not seem to irritate Don Sebastian much; but what does irritate him and makes him behave like a fiend is when they speak of Dona Visitacion." "And who is that lady ?" "Come, that is good! You do not know Dona Visitacion?
When no one inside the Cathedral or out of it can speak of anybody else?
She is the niece of Don Sebastian, who lives with him in the palace.