He alone has sufficient authority to arrange all.

It will be an act of charity, like any other....

I hope he is at home," he concluded, hearing the footstep of the servant, who recognized the visitor and who anticipated all questions.
"The Marquis went out this morning before eight o'clock.

He will not return until dinner-time." "Do you know where he has gone ?" "To hear mass in a catacomb, and to be present at a procession," replied the footman, who took Dorsenne's card, adding: "The Trappists of Saint Calixtus certainly know where the Marquis is....

He lunched with them." "We shall see," said the young man to himself, somewhat disappointed.
His carriage rolled in the direction of Porte St.Sebastien, near which was the catacomb and the humble dwelling contiguous to it--the last morsel of the Papal domains kept by the poor monks.