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Edmond
saw
there
was
no
escape
,
and
placing
the
old
man
on
his
bed
,
he
seated
himself
on
the
stool
beside
him
.
"
You
know
,
"
said
the
abbe
,
"
that
I
was
the
secretary
and
intimate
friend
of
Cardinal
Spada
,
the
last
of
the
princes
of
that
name
.
I
owe
to
this
worthy
lord
all
the
happiness
I
ever
knew
.
He
was
not
rich
,
although
the
wealth
of
his
family
had
passed
into
a
proverb
,
and
I
heard
the
phrase
very
often
,
'
As
rich
as
a
Spada
.
'
But
he
,
like
public
rumor
,
lived
on
this
reputation
for
wealth
;
his
palace
was
my
paradise
.
I
was
tutor
to
his
nephews
,
who
are
dead
;
and
when
he
was
alone
in
the
world
,
I
tried
by
absolute
devotion
to
his
will
,
to
make
up
to
him
all
he
had
done
for
me
during
ten
years
of
unremitting
kindness
.
The
cardinal
's
house
had
no
secrets
for
me
.
I
had
often
seen
my
noble
patron
annotating
ancient
volumes
,
and
eagerly
searching
amongst
dusty
family
manuscripts
.
One
day
when
I
was
reproaching
him
for
his
unavailing
searches
,
and
deploring
the
prostration
of
mind
that
followed
them
,
he
looked
at
me
,
and
,
smiling
bitterly
,
opened
a
volume
relating
to
the
History
of
the
City
of
Rome
.
There
,
in
the
twentieth
chapter
of
the
Life
of
Pope
Alexander
VI.
,
were
the
following
lines
,
which
I
can
never
forget
:
--
"
'
The
great
wars
of
Romagna
had
ended
;
Caesar
Borgia
,
who
had
completed
his
conquest
,
had
need
of
money
to
purchase
all
Italy
.
The
pope
had
also
need
of
money
to
bring
matters
to
an
end
with
Louis
XII
.
King
of
France
,
who
was
formidable
still
in
spite
of
his
recent
reverses
;
and
it
was
necessary
,
therefore
,
to
have
recourse
to
some
profitable
scheme
,
which
was
a
matter
of
great
difficulty
in
the
impoverished
condition
of
exhausted
Italy
.
His
holiness
had
an
idea
.
He
determined
to
make
two
cardinals
.
'
"
By
choosing
two
of
the
greatest
personages
of
Rome
,
especially
rich
men
--
this
was
the
return
the
holy
father
looked
for
.
In
the
first
place
,
he
could
sell
the
great
appointments
and
splendid
offices
which
the
cardinals
already
held
;
and
then
he
had
the
two
hats
to
sell
besides
.
There
was
a
third
point
in
view
,
which
will
appear
hereafter
.
The
pope
and
Caesar
Borgia
first
found
the
two
future
cardinals
;
they
were
Giovanni
Rospigliosi
,
who
held
four
of
the
highest
dignities
of
the
Holy
See
,
and
Caesar
Spada
,
one
of
the
noblest
and
richest
of
the
Roman
nobility
;
both
felt
the
high
honor
of
such
a
favor
from
the
pope
.
They
were
ambitious
,
and
Caesar
Borgia
soon
found
purchasers
for
their
appointments
.
The
result
was
,
that
Rospigliosi
and
Spada
paid
for
being
cardinals
,
and
eight
other
persons
paid
for
the
offices
the
cardinals
held
before
their
elevation
,
and
thus
eight
hundred
thousand
crowns
entered
into
the
coffers
of
the
speculators
.
"
It
is
time
now
to
proceed
to
the
last
part
of
the
speculation
.
The
pope
heaped
attentions
upon
Rospigliosi
and
Spada
,
conferred
upon
them
the
insignia
of
the
cardinalate
,
and
induced
them
to
arrange
their
affairs
and
take
up
their
residence
at
Rome
.
Then
the
pope
and
Caesar
Borgia
invited
the
two
cardinals
to
dinner
.
This
was
a
matter
of
dispute
between
the
holy
father
and
his
son
.
Caesar
thought
they
could
make
use
of
one
of
the
means
which
he
always
had
ready
for
his
friends
,
that
is
to
say
,
in
the
first
place
,
the
famous
key
which
was
given
to
certain
persons
with
the
request
that
they
go
and
open
a
designated
cupboard
.
This
key
was
furnished
with
a
small
iron
point
--
a
negligence
on
the
part
of
the
locksmith
.
When
this
was
pressed
to
effect
the
opening
of
the
cupboard
,
of
which
the
lock
was
difficult
,
the
person
was
pricked
by
this
small
point
,
and
died
next
day
.
Then
there
was
the
ring
with
the
lion
's
head
,
which
Caesar
wore
when
he
wanted
to
greet
his
friends
with
a
clasp
of
the
hand
.
The
lion
bit
the
hand
thus
favored
,
and
at
the
end
of
twenty-four
hours
,
the
bite
was
mortal
.
Caesar
proposed
to
his
father
,
that
they
should
either
ask
the
cardinals
to
open
the
cupboard
,
or
shake
hands
with
them
;
but
Alexander
VI.
,
replied
:
'
Now
as
to
the
worthy
cardinals
,
Spada
and
Rospigliosi
,
let
us
ask
both
of
them
to
dinner
,
something
tells
me
that
we
shall
get
that
money
back
.
Besides
,
you
forget
,
Caesar
,
an
indigestion
declares
itself
immediately
,
while
a
prick
or
a
bite
occasions
a
delay
of
a
day
or
two
.
'
Caesar
gave
way
before
such
cogent
reasoning
,
and
the
cardinals
were
consequently
invited
to
dinner
.
"
The
table
was
laid
in
a
vineyard
belonging
to
the
pope
,
near
San
Pierdarena
,
a
charming
retreat
which
the
cardinals
knew
very
well
by
report
.
Rospigliosi
,
quite
set
up
with
his
new
dignities
,
went
with
a
good
appetite
and
his
most
ingratiating
manner
.
Spada
,
a
prudent
man
,
and
greatly
attached
to
his
only
nephew
,
a
young
captain
of
the
highest
promise
,
took
paper
and
pen
,
and
made
his
will
.
He
then
sent
word
to
his
nephew
to
wait
for
him
near
the
vineyard
;
but
it
appeared
the
servant
did
not
find
him
.
"
Spada
knew
what
these
invitations
meant
;
since
Christianity
,
so
eminently
civilizing
,
had
made
progress
in
Rome
,
it
was
no
longer
a
centurion
who
came
from
the
tyrant
with
a
message
,
'
Caesar
wills
that
you
die
.
'
but
it
was
a
legate
a
latere
,
who
came
with
a
smile
on
his
lips
to
say
from
the
pope
,
'
His
holiness
requests
you
to
dine
with
him
.
'
