These are most noble enterprises, but they cannot be termed crusades. I am not at all sure that I shall consent to renew the tithe next year, and still less, Messire Count, that I shall agree to the supplementary subsidies that are being asked of me for the expedition.'Bouville took the blow hard. If that was all he could report on his return to Paris, Charles of Valois would be very angry indeed.'Most Holy Father,' he replied as coldly as he could, `both the Count of Valois and King Charles imagined that you were sensible of the honour Christendom would derive...'`The honour of Christendom, my dear son, consists in living at peace,' interrupted the Pope, lightly tapping Bouville's hand.How the Holy Father had changed. In the old days he had always allowed people to finish their remarks, even if he had understood what they were driving at from the first word they uttered. Now he interrupted; he was too busy to wait for matters he already knew about to be explained to him. But Bouville, who had prepared his plan of attack, went on: `Is it not our duty to bring the infidel to the true Faith and to go to fight heresy among them?'`Heresy?
