Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

DANQER IN TIm DARK. 71
blood-but what of that I the enemies of God and the
adversaries of the sovereign pontiff, must be overthrown!
Should a Jesuit falter, tremble and tum
pale at thought of blood, while the church suffers
reproach and is impeded in her progress ~ What
God abhors, let our holy order forever detest and
oppose! Consequences be what they may, it is the
imperative duty of every Jesuit to defend the faith
and protect the interests of the church: oath-bound is
each member of the immaculate Society of Jesus, to
persecute and destroy heretics. As a Je uit, I am
not my own-but stand, obsequious to the will of
his holiness, the pope-promptly rendering obedience,
in thought, word and deed. II< II< *' II< Jesuitism is an
instrument in the hands of the sovereign pontiff,
wielded at his pleasure, to pierce the heart of Protestantism
in every land I-it is a sword whose hilt is in
Rome, and whose blade is over all the earth!"
His soliloquy was here broken off by a rap on his
-door - proceeding to open which, a grave priestlylooking
man presented himself, who greeted him as
Dr. Dupin; and whom he, in turn, greeted as
Bishop Constantins.
" Happy to see you, dear Bishop I please be seated."
" To whom, in all this world, Dr. Dupin, were you
discoursing so vehemently as I approached I You
seem to be entirely alone."
"Di you certainly hear me, Bishop]"
"Hear you, sir ¥ why, upon my word, you were
raving I"