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He said these things with conviction, but he was not deceived. He knew that Marcello Consalvi was living and that he had seen him, risen from the dead, and apparently likely to remain among the living for some time.
"We only came yesterday afternoon," Aurora answered. "We did not know that that Signor Consalvi was here, or we should not have come at all." It had stung her to hear Regina speak of him quite naturally by his first name. Regina felt the rebuke.
Though staggered by this trickery, which compelled him to sign a surrender or to accept an open rupture, Consalvi fought the question over again in a conference that lasted twenty-four hours; he even appeared at the State dinner given on July 14th by the First Consul, who informed him before the other guests that it was a question of "my draft of the treaty or none at all."
There was a good deal of boldness in repelling so haughtily the imperial pretensions; the Pope and Cardinal Consalvi were soon involved in a still more dangerous course.
"If he loves his religion and his country, tell Consalvi, plainly," wrote the emperor to his uncle, "that there are only two courses to select from either to do always what I wish, or to quit the ministry." The moderation and prudent resolutions of the Roman ministry showed itself in the response of the Pope to the requirements of Napoleon. Already an obscure Englishman Mr.
"You are right, General, and you recall to my memory what Cardinal Consalvi said: 'The Pope will do all the First Consul desires." "That is the best course for him. Let him not suppose that he has to do with an idiot. What do you think is the point his negotiations put most forward? The salvation of my soul! But with me immortality is the recollection one leaves in the memory of man.
"You are right, General, and you recall to my memory what Cardinal Consalvi said: 'The Pope will do all the First Consul desires." "That is the best course for him. Let him not suppose that he has to do with an idiot. What do you think is the point his negotiations put most forward? The salvation of my soul! But with me immortality is the recollection one leaves in the memory of man.
"The patient has come to himself. He remembers everything." "Everything!" Corbario's voice shook. "He is Marcello Consalvi. He asks for his mother, and for you." "How in what way does he ask for me? Will my presence do him good or excite him?" The moment had come, and Folco's nerve was restored with the sense of danger. His face grew cold and expressionless as he waited for the answer.
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