Note 17 — DIVISION IV. § 5[1]. CHAPTER XI. 13-36.
Reading edition
These words (which in their full sense seem to go beyond what we have a right to say) occur in Browning's Ring and the Book. It is the Pope's final reflection, when he condemns Guido to death, that his execution may be the one chance for his spiritual recovery—
'In the main criminal I see no chance Except in such a suddenness of fate.'