He stood well at Court.
The unfortunate man still went on borrowing.

They had not even taken the precaution to close his coffers against himself.

Between the 1st of December, 1856, and the 7th of November, 1857, he took a further sum of about L103,000.

But he gave grand parties; the Cardinals adored him; testimonies of satisfaction poured in upon him from all sides.
The real truth is that a national pawnbroking establishment is of no use to the Church, it is only required for the nation.

Campana might have borrowed the very walls of the building, without the Pontifical Court meddling in the matter.
Unluckily for him, the time came when it answered the purpose of Antonelli to send him to the galleys.