To realise how amazing it
is, one must picture the fantastic possibility of it happening at
the Vatican nowadays. And the most astounding thing is this:
that if all the dead and gone popes were alive, and the soul of
the saintly Pontiff of to-day were to pass from him, the one who
could most undetected occupy his simulacrum would be this very
Thomas of Sarzana.
"Pardon me, my dear Judith," said I. "But this is a story lying
somewhat up one of the back-waters of history. Where did you
come across it?"
"I saw it the other day in a French comic paper," replied Judith.
I really don't know which to admire the more: the inconsequent
way in which the French toss about scholarship, or the marvellous
power of assimilation possessed by Judith.
Before we separated she returned to the subject of Carlotta.
"Am I to see this young creature?" she asked.
"That is just as you choose," said I.
"Oh! as far as I am concerned, my dear Marcus, I am perfectly
indifferent," replied Judith, assuming the supercilious
expression with which women invariably try to mask inordinate
curiosity.
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