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Fogartyexplained,“heisinfallible.”
“Yes,”saidMr.Cunningham.
“O,IknowabouttheinfallibilityofthePope.IrememberIwasyoungerthen....Orwasitthat——?”
Mr.Fogartyinterrupted.Hetookupthebottleandhelpedtheotherstoalittlemore.Mr.M’Coy,seeingthattherewasnotenoughtogoround,pleadedthathehadnotfinishedhisfirstmeasure.Theothersacceptedunderprotest.Thelightmusicofwhiskyfallingintoglassesmadeanagreeableinterlude.
“What’sthatyouweresaying,Tom?”askedMr.M’Coy.
“Papalinfallibility,”saidMr.Cunningham,“thatwasthegreatestsceneinthewholehistoryoftheChurch.”
“Howwasthat,Martin?”askedMr.Power.
Mr.Cunninghamhelduptwothickfingers.
“Inthesacredcollege,youknow,ofcardinalsandarchbishopsandbishopsthereweretwomenwhoheldoutagainstitwhiletheotherswereallforit.Thewholeconclaveexceptthesetwowasunanimous.No!Theywouldn’thaveit!”
“Ha!”saidMr.M’Coy.
“AndtheywereaGermancardinalbythenameofDolling...orDowling...or——”
“DowlingwasnoGerman,andthat’sasurefive,”saidMr.Power,laughing.
“Well,thisgreatGermancardinal,whateverhisnamewas,wasone;andtheotherwasJohnMacHale.”
“What?”criedMr.Kernan.
