For
there is nothing that frets and irks some male creatures so much as
to see a woman attain by her own brain and hand a great position in
the world, and when she has won her crown and throne they would
deprive her of both, and trample her in the mud if they dared! SOME
male creatures--not all. Florian Varillo for instance. If he could
only get the world to believe that he paints half Angela's pictures
he would be quite happy. I daresay he does persuade a few outsiders
to think it. But in Rome we know better. Poor Angela!"
And with another sigh she dismissed the subject from her mind for
the moment, her attention being distracted by the appearance of
Monsignor Gherardi, who just then entered and took up a position by
the Cardinal's chair, looking the picture of imposing and stately
affability. One glance of his eyes in the direction of Aubrey Leigh,
where he sat absorbed in conversation with the Comtesse Hermenstein,
had put the wily priest in an excellent humour, and nothing could
exceed the deferential homage and attention he paid to Cardinal
Bonpre, talking with him in low, confidential tones of the affairs
which principally occupied their attention,--the miraculous cure of
Fabien Doucet, and the defection of Vergniaud from the Church.
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