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own country and too many innocent people have been executed.
So, if I had the time I d march along with you and try to out-shout
the lynch mob. But my son has a basketball game, so
She picked up her placard and shoved it towards me. Killers have
no right to live!
You? In favour of state executions? My voice cracked the way it
had when I was thirteen.
You really must move beyond stereotypes, Montague. I am a pro-
gressive woman. How can I sit back and watch women and children
and innocent men being murdered every day, and let their killers
spend a few years in jail and get out and do it again? How you can
defend these people, I just don t know!
Don t you object to the death penalty on religious grounds, Jan?
The deliberate taking of a life
Don t get me started on religion and capital punishment,
Montague. Now, as you can see, I have a protest to attend. So why
don t you go back to making the streets safe for all the rapists and
murderers and drug pushers you represent? Goodbye!
Well, you just never knew.
Monty, I have to get Gino Savo out of my hair, Burke said on the
phone that night. I had caught the call on the last ring as I came in
from Tom s game. I find myself wanting to proclaim the guilt of
Robin Gadkin-Falkes to Savo s satisfaction so he ll fly back to Rome,
present his report, and we ll be rid of him. But he won t budge. We
have to solve this and have done with it, so I can get the schola back
on track and get Rome out of my life.
Let me have a talk with him, see if I can find out what he s
thinking.
I found Gino Savo the next morning, having a cup of coffee in the
dining room of the rectory. He greeted me with courtesy and invited
me to have a seat. There was no sign of the anger he had exhibited at
dinner. Mrs. Kelly hovered over us, offering me tea and coffee. I
declined, and she appeared ready to remonstrate when she caught
sight of Fred Mills passing by in the corridor.
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Oh, Father Mills! Would you like coffee and a biscuit? Anything
for breakfast?
Thanks, Mrs. Kelly. Maybe I ll . . . Fred peered into the dining
room and saw me with Gino Savo. . . . take up your offer another
time. I think I d better get over to the school. I left a couple of things
undone. He said hello to us and kept moving.
Do you really think you ll be able to solve this case to Rome s sat-
isfaction, Father Savo? The police believe they have the right man. I ve
been doing some questioning outside official channels, and I m not
getting anywhere.
I am here to monitor the investigation, not to conduct it myself.
I am here to see that our interests are not compromised.
You re here at the direction of the papal nuncio to this country.
Correct.
Does he have any theories about the killing?
He has a theory that no one connected with the Vatican has done
this.
You re not talking about priests in general.
It may be a rogue priest. We all pray that it is not. We I espe-
cially, in my role in the Congregation for the Clergy are concerned
with all priests. But Arturo Del Vecchio, the nuncio, concerns himself
with those who have had, or may again have, a position in the Vatican
itself.
As far as I know that could only be Father Sferrazza-Melchiorre.
There is also the matter of Father Schellenberg himself. Was there
something sensitive in his background that might embarrass the
church?
From what I understand, Father Schellenberg could have drawn
fire from any number of directions.
He is blamed by many for the loss of the old Mass and our
musical heritage, and for all the other elements of disintegration that
people attribute to the Second Vatican Council. Others, as you know,
attack him for retrenching in more recent years. Liberals feel betrayed
by one of their own, as they considered him to be.
Did you know Schellenberg?
Yes, I knew him and worked with him in various capacities over
the years.
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Were you an admirer?
Very much so. Of course.
So you have a personal, as well as an official, incentive to see his
killer identified and punished.
The priest s eyes began to fill with tears, and he blinked to clear
them.
I returned to the subject of the silk-apparelled cleric who seemed
to be living in exile. I get the impression Father Sferrazza-Melchiorre
may be doing a bit of purgatory before he returns to the gates of Saint
Peter. Savo shrugged, and I continued. Is the nuncio worried that
Father Sferrazza-Melchiorre might be guilty?
He does not think that! Of course not. The Del Vecchio and the
Sferrazza-Melchiorre families have known each other since the time of
the Borgi since Renaissance times. He knows Enrico is not a mur-
derer. His desire is to make sure there is no misunderstanding that
could lead to suspicions of Enrico if no other explanation is found. Or
suspicions of anyone else who may be found to have a connection
with Rome. That is all.
As simple as that.
And you yourself are close to the nuncio?
He has always been good to me.
I suspected that it was a great boost to someone s career in the
Vatican hierarchy if a powerful man was good to you. Savo would not
want to let the pope s ambassador down.
Do you share the nuncio s faith in Enrico?
Yes, yes, of course I do. My presence here goes beyond Enrico. I
want to know what happened. I intend to find out. Then I shall present
my findings and return to Rome. I shall also arrange to have Father
Schellenberg s remains released and flown back to his home for burial.
Well, let me know if you discover anything Brennan or Michael
should know. And I ll do the same for you.
I will. Thank you. Neither of us believed the other, but appear-
ances were maintained, and I took my leave.
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Chapter 12
He has besieged and enveloped me
with bitterness and tribulation.
Lamentations 3:5
Two weeks into the new year, the schola participants organized a con-
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