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A
fleeting
day
,
over
in
a
second
.
But
on
looking
at
his
watch
he
saw
it
was
still
early
,
and
knew
the
man
who
had
so
much
power
now
that
His
Holiness
lay
near
death
would
still
be
wakeful
,
sharing
the
nocturnal
habits
of
his
cat
.
Those
dreadful
hiccups
filling
the
small
room
at
Castel
Gandolfo
,
twisting
the
thin
,
pale
,
ascetic
face
which
had
watched
beneath
the
white
crown
for
so
many
years
;
he
was
dying
,
and
he
was
a
great
Pope
.
No
matter
what
they
said
,
he
was
a
great
Pope
.
If
he
had
loved
his
Germans
,
if
he
still
liked
to
hear
German
spoken
around
him
,
did
it
alter
anything
?
Not
for
Rainer
to
judge
that
.
But
for
what
Rainer
needed
to
know
at
the
moment
,
Castel
Gandolfo
was
not
the
source
.
Up
the
marble
stairs
to
the
scarlet-and-crimson
room
,
to
talk
to
Vittorio
Scarbanza
,
Cardinal
di
Contini-Verchese
.
Who
might
be
the
next
Pope
,
or
might
not
.
For
almost
three
years
now
he
had
watched
those
wise
,
loving
dark
eyes
rest
where
they
most
liked
to
rest
;
yes
,
better
to
seek
the
answers
from
him
than
from
Cardinal
de
Bricassart
.
"
I
never
thought
I
'd
hear
myself
say
it
,
but
thank
God
we
're
leaving
for
Drogheda
,
"
said
Justine
,
refusing
to
throw
a
coin
in
the
Trevi
Fountain
.
"
We
were
supposed
to
take
a
look
at
France
and
Spain
;
instead
we
're
still
in
Rome
and
I
'm
as
unnecessary
as
a
navel
.
Brothers
!
"
"
Hmmm
,
so
you
deem
navels
unnecessary
?
Socrates
was
of
the
same
opinion
,
I
remember
,
"
said
Rainer
.
"
Socrates
was
?
I
do
n't
recollect
that
!
Funny
,
I
thought
I
'd
read
most
of
Plato
,
too
.
"
She
twisted
to
stare
at
him
,
thinking
the
casual
clothes
of
a
holiday-maker
in
Rome
suited
him
far
better
than
the
sober
attire
he
wore
for
Vatican
audiences
.
"
He
was
absolutely
convinced
navels
were
unnecessary
,
as
a
matter
of
fact
.
So
much
so
that
to
prove
his
point
he
unscrewed
his
own
navel
and
threw
it
away
.
"
Her
lips
twitched
.
"
And
what
happened
?
"
"
His
toga
fell
off
.
"
"
Hook
!
Hook
!
"
She
giggled
.
"
Anyway
,
they
did
n't
wear
togas
in
Athens
then
.
But
I
have
a
horrible
feeling
there
's
a
moral
in
your
story
.
"
Her
face
sobered
.
"
Why
do
you
bother
with
me
,
Rain
?
"
