Sentence:  How can I tell them that they must never expect too much from a middle-aged fellow in striped cotton pajamas? But tonight is different. There is a whole concourse of Romans and of tourists in the Piazza, and it would be a courtesy &ndash; excuse me, Holiness, a great <WSD>condescension</WSD>! &ndash; to appear with one small blessing.... I condescend, and I am exalted once again on wave after wave of cheering and horn-blowing 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The act of condescending; a manner of behaving toward others in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies one's own superiority to the others; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors. (s)