"Yes. He is at present in Paris, in close intercourse with the leaders of every abominable sect."
"You have seen this man Rossi, your Eminence?"
"Once. I saw him on the morning of the jubilee of your Holiness, when he attempted to present a petition."
"What is he like to look upon—the typical demagogue; no?"
"No. I am bound to say no, your Holiness. And his conversation, though it is full of the jargon of modern Liberalism, has none of the obscenities of Voltaire."
"Some one said ... who was it, I wonder?... some one said he resembled the Holy Father."
"Now that you mention it, your Holiness, there is perhaps a remote resemblance."
"Ah! who knows what service for God and humanity even such a man might have done if in early life his lines had been cast in better places."
"They say he was an orphan from his infancy, your Holiness."
"Then he never knew a father's care and guidance! Unhappy son! Unhappy father!"