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The Dean And The Magician;
changed to universal regret , on his appointment soon after to the see of Seville , then newly conquered from the Moors . " I will not leave you behind , " said he to Don Illan , when the latter , still more timidly than at Toledo , approached to kiss the consecrated ring , ivhich sparkled on the finger of the prelate , " but you must not annoy me about your son ; he is too young , and I have not yet provided for the relations of my mother . HoweverSeville is a noble see ;
, our sainted King Ferdinand has so enriched it , that it rivals the most renowned endowments of Europe . Follow me , and your happiness shall be my chief study . " Don Ulan , suppressing a sigh , kissed his grace ' s hand , and in the suite of the archbishop soon reached the banks of the Guadalquiver . A year had scarce succeeded these events when the renown of the pupil of Don Illan reached the eternal city . The Pope sent him a
cardinal ' s hat , and commanded him to his presence . The crowd of visitors ivho came to congratulate the new cardinal , for several successive days prevented Don Illan from seeing his grace . At length he was honoured with a private audience , and , tears in his eyes , implored his eminence not to oblige him to quit Spain . " I am growing old , your grace , " said he ; " at your command I gave up my house in Toledo , in the hope of seeing my son raised to an
honourable and lucrative post in the church . Even my favourite studies I have given up , except such as can conduce to the welfare of your eminence . My son ' ' " Not a word about him , I beseech you , " interrupted the cardinal . " Accompany me to Rome—nay , you must . Who can tell what may happen ? The Pope is aged and ailing ; you should not worry me just now about this employment . A public man has duties to fulfil ivhich those of inferior rank can neither estimate nor understand . I admit the
great obligations I owe you ; they shall not , depend on the word of a cardinal , go unrewarded ; but I do not wish to have creditors dunning me daily at my door—you understand , Don Ulan . AVithin ei ght days ive set out for Rome . " The progress of the prelate ' s good fortune did not stop here . AVithin a year after his arrival at the eternal city he came out of the conclave POPE OF ROME . He had now reached the highest honour which the
ambition of man can attain upon earth , and in the tumult of his election and installation , the man to whose science he owed all his rapid promotion was completely effaced from his memory . Wearied with the solemn procession ivhich had shown the thronged streets of Rome their new Pope , the head of the church was alone in one of the chambers of the Vatican . The li ght of two wax tapers scarcely penetrated the extremity of the vast hall where sat his
Holiness , deep in that half-pleasing half-sad reverie which invariably accompanies the complete fulfilment of man ' s long concealed wishes . Don Illan approached with slow and stealing steps , as though aware of the indiscretion he was about to commit . " Holy Father , " wept forth tbe aged man , casting himself at the feet of his pupil , " pity these gray hairs , and do not abandon an old servant —might I not say rather an old friend ; consign him not to oblivion , my son . " " By St . Peter , " cried his Holiness , " this insolence shall be punished . You my friend ? a necromancer the friend of Christ ' s Vicar ! ller . ee
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Dean And The Magician;
changed to universal regret , on his appointment soon after to the see of Seville , then newly conquered from the Moors . " I will not leave you behind , " said he to Don Illan , when the latter , still more timidly than at Toledo , approached to kiss the consecrated ring , ivhich sparkled on the finger of the prelate , " but you must not annoy me about your son ; he is too young , and I have not yet provided for the relations of my mother . HoweverSeville is a noble see ;
, our sainted King Ferdinand has so enriched it , that it rivals the most renowned endowments of Europe . Follow me , and your happiness shall be my chief study . " Don Ulan , suppressing a sigh , kissed his grace ' s hand , and in the suite of the archbishop soon reached the banks of the Guadalquiver . A year had scarce succeeded these events when the renown of the pupil of Don Illan reached the eternal city . The Pope sent him a
cardinal ' s hat , and commanded him to his presence . The crowd of visitors ivho came to congratulate the new cardinal , for several successive days prevented Don Illan from seeing his grace . At length he was honoured with a private audience , and , tears in his eyes , implored his eminence not to oblige him to quit Spain . " I am growing old , your grace , " said he ; " at your command I gave up my house in Toledo , in the hope of seeing my son raised to an
honourable and lucrative post in the church . Even my favourite studies I have given up , except such as can conduce to the welfare of your eminence . My son ' ' " Not a word about him , I beseech you , " interrupted the cardinal . " Accompany me to Rome—nay , you must . Who can tell what may happen ? The Pope is aged and ailing ; you should not worry me just now about this employment . A public man has duties to fulfil ivhich those of inferior rank can neither estimate nor understand . I admit the
great obligations I owe you ; they shall not , depend on the word of a cardinal , go unrewarded ; but I do not wish to have creditors dunning me daily at my door—you understand , Don Ulan . AVithin ei ght days ive set out for Rome . " The progress of the prelate ' s good fortune did not stop here . AVithin a year after his arrival at the eternal city he came out of the conclave POPE OF ROME . He had now reached the highest honour which the
ambition of man can attain upon earth , and in the tumult of his election and installation , the man to whose science he owed all his rapid promotion was completely effaced from his memory . Wearied with the solemn procession ivhich had shown the thronged streets of Rome their new Pope , the head of the church was alone in one of the chambers of the Vatican . The li ght of two wax tapers scarcely penetrated the extremity of the vast hall where sat his
Holiness , deep in that half-pleasing half-sad reverie which invariably accompanies the complete fulfilment of man ' s long concealed wishes . Don Illan approached with slow and stealing steps , as though aware of the indiscretion he was about to commit . " Holy Father , " wept forth tbe aged man , casting himself at the feet of his pupil , " pity these gray hairs , and do not abandon an old servant —might I not say rather an old friend ; consign him not to oblivion , my son . " " By St . Peter , " cried his Holiness , " this insolence shall be punished . You my friend ? a necromancer the friend of Christ ' s Vicar ! ller . ee