It was upon the cardinal that all the responsibility fell, for one is not a despotic minister without responsibility. All, therefore, of the vast resources of his genius were at work night and day, engaged in listening to the least report heard in any of the great kingdoms of Europe.
Era sobre el cardenal sobre el que pesaba toda la responsabilidad, porque no se es ministro absoluto sin ser responsable; por eso todos los recursos de su vasto ingenio estaban tensos día y noche, y ocupados en escuchar el menor rumor que se alzara en uno de los grandes reinos de Europa.