The Vatican, Vatican City State.
He was about to go to sleep when he heard a knock on his bedroom door. Lazily he went and opened it, finding a man in his late sixties with an expressionless face. He was just like him, in pajamas and slippers.
"Cardinal Agnello," he greeted him, intrigued. “I was about to go to bed. What can I do for you?”
"May I come in? It will only take a few minutes ...”
He stepped aside and the newcomer entered the room. In the middle of it he turned to look at him, still with an expressionless face. After several seconds, which seemed like an eternity, he began to speak:
“Cardinal Nitti, I have just received very important information and I didn’t want to wait until tomorrow to communicate it to you. It is important we make a decision tonight.”
“And what in
