8/29 The function is fixed for eleven. By eleven, then, we shall have done all that is possible. The Government will know, and they will know, too, that we are innocent in Rome. I imagine they will cause it to be announced that the Cardinal-Protector and the Archbishop, with his coadjutors, will be present in the sacristies. They will double every guard; they will parade volors overhead--and then--well! in God's hands be the rest." "Do you think the conspirators will attempt it ?" "I have no idea," said Percy shortly. |