I was thinking of this just now.

I reflected that when we suffer from a wound the cause of our suffering is visible, but when we suffer from a fever the cause is hidden, as in this case, and we never succeed in becoming thoroughly acquainted with it." A month had not yet elapsed since the meeting at which a league among progressive Catholics had been talked of.

No league had sprung from it, but to nothing else could the origin of a series of strange and unpleasant events be attributed.

Professor Dane had been recalled to Ireland by his Archbishop.

He had immediately called upon an English Cardinal attached to the Papal Court, in order to acquaint him with the unsatisfactory condition of his health, and to solicit his support of a petition to the Archbishop for an extension of his leave.