CHAPTER 124

CHAPTER 124

— GREAT, IF HE IS ALREADY in Rome, he will come with more urgency...

— There is, however, a problem: his assistant couldn't tell me where in Rome he is.

— At the moment we have to find him.

— Where could we find Cardinal Domenico Di Polli here in Rome, — Victoria asked — would he be in the Vatican?

— He can be anywhere — replied Antoine.

— I know that, Antoine, but without Cardinal Di Polli's help we will not be able to enter the Vatican.

— Wait a minute — interfered the priest — what day is it today?

— Today is the twelfth... the twelfth of August — replied the woman curiously — but why?

— I think I know where we can find Cardinal Domenico Di Polli.

— How can you know where to find Cardinal Di Polli? — Asked the woman, curious.

— Today is exactly seven days since the nephew of the Primate of Venice was murdered. There is a Catholic custom to hold a mass in memory of the dead seven days after his death — noted the priest.

— Would Domenico Di Polli have come to Rome for this mass?

— That's what I believe, Victoria — what we have to do is get in touch with the diocese of the capital, that way we can locate the Cardinal.

— Good thinking, Father Green! Antoine, ask the hotel operator to contact the diocese of Rome.

— Yes ma'am!

But when they were going to leave the room, they were stopped by some Italian policemen.

— Did something happen, officer?

— Ma'am, Victoria Hulmann?

— It is me...

— You are under arrest for the kidnapping of Francesca Di Polli.