"Yes, yes," said the abbot sharply. "But the point is whether anything can be done. The trial begins on Monday, you see."
"Will he submit?"
The abbot shook his head.
"I don't think so. He's extraordinarily determined. But I wanted to know if you could give me any hope on the other side. Could you do anything for him with the Cardinal, or at Rome?"
"I . . . I will speak to the Cardinal, certainly, if you wish.
But——"
"Yes, I know. But you know a great deal depends on the temper of the court. Facts depend for their interpretation upon the point of view."
"But I understand that it's definite heresy—that he denies that there is any distinction between the miracles of the Church and——"
The abbot interrupted.
"Yes, yes, Monsignor. But for all that there's a great deal in the way these things are approached. You see there's so much neutral ground on which the Church has defined nothing."
"I am afraid, from what I've seen of the papers, that Dom Adrian will insist on a clear issue."