Camerlingo

He now understood that Cardinal Boccanera who religiously and passionately hated Leo XIII; he saw him in the depths of his black palace, waiting and watching for the Pope's death, that death which as _Camerlingo_ he must officially certify.

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And, the corpse making no answer, the _Camerlingo_ after waiting for a few seconds would turn and say: "The Pope is dead!"

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He now understood that Cardinal Boccanera who religiously and passionately hated Leo XIII; he saw him in the depths of his black palace, waiting and watching for the Pope's death, that death which as/Camerlingo/he must officially certify.

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Did Leo XIII remember how he had thrice tapped the forehead of Pius IX, and did he ever feel on the brow an icy dread of the silver hammer with which he had armed his own/Camerlingo/, the man whom he knew to be his implacable adversary, Cardinal Boccanera?

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(/Camerlingo/), and folks whispered that Leo XIII had appointed him to that post, even as he himself had been appointed to it by Pius IX, in order to lessen his chance of succeeding to the pontifical throne; for although the conclave in choosing Leo had set aside the old tradition that the Camerlingo was ineligible for the papacy, it was not probable that it would again dare to infringe that rule.

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For nearly a year, however, the Camerlingo had not been received in private audience by his Holiness, and this was a sign of disgrace, a proof of secret warfare, of which the entire black world spoke in prudent whispers.

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And, the corpse making no answer, the/Camerlingo/after waiting for a few seconds would turn and say: "The Pope is dead!"

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Gioachino Pecci, Camerlingo and then Pope, all tradition notwithstanding?

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Pius IX kept the Holy Father and the/Camerlingo/at variance, filled the latter with bitterness.

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Giulia Pierre pictured Cardinal Boccanera, the present/Camerlingo/, awaiting his turn with his silver hammer, and he imagined Leo XIII, otherwise Gioachino Pecci, dead, like his predecessor, his face covered by a white linen cloth and his corpse surrounded by his prelates in that very room.

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