nearly midnight before
Cardinal Campello has written to say that he will be with us on the 20th for certain . '' `` That is very good ... . Then good morning , Monsignor . '' It was nearly midnight before Monsignor Masterman pushed away the book that lay before him and leaned back in his chair . He felt sick and dazed at what he had read . First , he had studied with extreme care the constitution of the Heresy-Court , and had sent off a couple of hours ago the formal letters to the Dominican Provincial and two other priests whom he had selected . Then he had studied the procedure of the court , and the penalties assigned .