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The Cardinal Vice-Chancellor took the packet proffered him by the fair-haired, scarlet-liveried page, and turned it over, considering it, the gentle, finely featured, almost ascetic face very thoughtful.
-"It was brought, my lord, by a man in a mask, who will give no name. He waits below," said the scarlet stripling.