During the intermission an engaging nursery infant, bescrubbed and becurled, clad in rompers and wearing a wondering expression, had been steered gently about among the audience, holding out a porringer, into which contributions were liberally poured.

But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally.

The Jesuits, it was charged, championed a laxist theology which encouraged rather than deterred sin ….

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