"The destruction of the enemies."
"Or the conversion of them into friends. But how?"
"How shall two walk together unless they be agreed?" the Pope inquired.
"The Paparchy and the Kingdom are not agreed," said Courtleigh.
"Your Holiness means that they should be agreed: that they should unite forces?" Ferraio asked.
"It is Our will and Our hope to be reconciled with the King of Italy."
"But is His Majesty willing?"
"We know not: but We have shewn that We will not block the way."
"Certainly the Pope and the King together would have almost unbounded influence for good," Ferraio reflected.
"Then Your Holiness does not think the Temporal Power to be worth fighting-for?" Sterling concluded.