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Adventures in the South — Return to Naples Rome — Naples — Bologna Chapter VIII
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Cardinal1 Passianei — The Pope — Masiuccia — I Arrive At Naples
Cardinal Passionei received me in a large hall where he was writing. He begged me to wait till he had finished, but he could not ask me to take a seat as he occupied the only chair that his vast room contained.
When he had put down his pen, he rose, came to me, and after informing me that he would tell the Holy Father of my visit, he added —
“My brother Cornaro might have made a better choice, as he knows the Pope does not like me.”
“He thought it better to choose the man who is esteemed2 than the man who is merely liked.”
“I don’t know whether the Pope esteems4 me, but I am sure he knows I don’t esteem3 him. I both liked and esteemed him before he was pope, and I concurred5 in his election, but since he has worn the tiara it’s a different matter; he has shewn himself too much of a ‘coglione’.”
“The conclave6 ought to have chosen your eminence7.”
“No, no; I’m a root-and-branch reformer, and my hand would not have been stayed for fear of the vengeance8 of the guilty, and God alone knows what would have come of that. The only cardinal fit to be pope was Tamburini; but it can’t be helped now. I hear people coming; good-bye, come again to-morrow.”
What a delightful9 thing to have heard a cardinal call the Pope a fool, and name Tamburini as a fit person. I did not lose a moment in noting this pleasant circumstance down: it was too precious a
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