“Just imagine, some of them have to live in a third-floor apartment. There have been some that bought their red robes second-hand.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“Are those robes so expensive?”
“Yes, they are expensive. Quite. They are made of a special cloth manufactured in Cologne.”
“Are there many Cardinals who are not of rich families?”
“A great many.”
“Well, you people have ruined that job.”
They went to Trastevere and there they took the tram. Preciozi got out at the Piazza Venezia and Cæsar went on to the end of the Via Nazionale.
A TALK ABOUT MONEY