Chapter 126

           

           CardinalMortatiknewtherewerenowordsinanylanguagethatcouldhaveaddedtothemysteryofthismoment.ThesilenceofthevisionoverSt.Peter’sSquaresanglouderthananychorusofangels.

           AshestaredupatCamerlegnoVentresca,Mortatifelttheparalyzingcollisionofhisheartandmind.Thevisionseemedreal,tangible.Andyet…howcoulditbe?Everyonehadseenthecamerlegnogetinthehelicopter.Theyhadallwitnessedtheballoflightinthesky.Andnow,somehow,thecamerlegnostoodhighabovethemontherooftopterrace.Transportedbyangels?ReincarnatedbythehandofGod?

           Thisisimpossible…

           Mortati’sheartwantednothingmorethantobelieve,buthismindcriedoutforreason.Andyetallaroundhim,thecardinalsstaredup,obviouslyseeingwhathewasseeing,paralyzedwithwonder.

           Itwasthecamerlegno.Therewasnodoubt.Buthelookeddifferentsomehow.Divine.Asifhehadbeenpurified.Aspirit?Aman?Hiswhitefleshshoneinthespotlightswithanincorporealweightlessness.

           Inthesquaretherewascrying,cheering,spontaneousapplause.Agroupofnunsfelltotheirkneesandwailedsaetas.Apulsinggrewfrominthecrowd.Suddenly,theentiresquarewaschantingthecamerlegno’sname.Thecardinals,somewithtearsrollingdowntheirfaces,joinedin.Mortatilookedaroundhimandtriedtocomprehend.Isthisreallyhappening?

           CamerlegnoCarloVentrescastoodontherooftopterraceofSt.Peter’sBasilicaandlookeddownoverthemultitudesofpeoplestaringupathim.Washeawakeordreaming?Hefelttransformed,otherworldly

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