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THE POPE

AND HIS PATRON.

BY THE

AUTHOR OF 'HORACE AT ATHENS.'

LONDON:

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS.
1862.

Dramatis Personæ.

THE POPE.

CARDINAL ANTONELLI.

THE EX-KING OF NAPLES.

MR. GALLAGHER, an Irish Gentleman of pronounced Catholic principles.

MR. DISRAELI.

LORD PALMERSTON.

THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THE POPE'S CHAMBERLAIN.

A WAITER IN THE EXHIBITION REFRESHMENT ROOMS.

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, CARDINALS, AND OTHERS.