"Your way is not our way, but perhaps—" The Cardinal was silent, his kindly eyes meditatively bent on H. R.
"The reporters, your Eminence—" began H. R., apologetically.
"Ah yes!" And the white-haired prelate accompanied H. R. to the room where the reporters were waiting.
"I have heard Mr. Rutgers's question. The word of five letters beginning with an 'A' I think answers it, from his point of view, which is not unreasonable. I cannot say that the inability to guess proves the non-possession of brains—"
"The Cardinal knew at once," put in H. R.
"But that nobody should have guessed is astonishing."
"They were not all Christians," explained H. R.
"What is the answer?" asked a reporter.
"A word of five letters beginning with 'A,'" said H. R.
"Can't we publish it?"