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his canopy, opposite the high altar, sat the vicegerent of God upon

his golden throne, surrounded by the consecrated cardinals and bishops,

protected by the Swiss guard! Who could have ventured to attack the holy

father--ould have been so foolhardy as to atteuards and princes of the Church--who could have

been successful in such an atte! But where the people

could not penetrate, where there was no roonant poison lurked unseen!

Ganganelli sat upon his golden throne, intoxicated by the clang of

the organ and char down upon the hu you

are an was silent, and only the soleh the church A death-like

stillness else; the people lay upon their knees and crossed the priests murmured prayers

It was a solemn, a sublime moerent of God must drink the blood of the Lamb But

still the pope remains sacred; he cannot, like other mortals, make use

of his earthly feet; he

upon his throne, he has partaken of the holy wafer, and, as it was

unbeconity to descend to the altar in order to come to

Christ, the latter must decide to come to him!