"The heirs searched everywhere. They admired the prayer book, examined all the furniture, and were amazed to discover that Spada, supposedly so wealthy, was actually the poorest of uncles. They found no treasure, only the contents of his library and laboratory. That was all. Caesar and his father searched thoroughly but found almost nothing, just a few thousand crowns' worth of silverware and about the same amount in cash."
"But the nephew had managed to tell his wife before dying: 'Look carefully through my uncle's papers. There is a will.'"
"They searched even more thoroughly than Caesar and the Pope had, but found nothing. There were two palaces and a vineyard, but in those days, real estate wasn't worth much, so these properties remained with the family, they weren't valuable enough for the Pope and his son to bother with."
