I replied that T, é00, was well' acquainted with the Vatican; that no rabble or "piazza" could storm it; that, in addition, the Pope had a strong party of adherents in society circles and among the people, which would at once be ready to defend him. The Nuncio agreed with me, but the chaplain continued unabashed to expatiate upon the terrors of the "piazza" and paint the risks run by the Pope in the blackest of colours. then remarked that ary one wishing to capture the Vatican must first get a battery of heavy mortars and howitzers, og well as pioneers and storm troops, and institute a regular siege; that all scarcely possible for the that, therefore, it was highly improbable that the latter would undertake anything. Moreover, I mentioned having heard that measures had already been taken in the ¥atican to guard against such an
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