Romans who delight in Bernini's scorn for his rivals suggest that the Nile god covers his head rather than look at Borromini's church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, and the river god of the Americas is poised to catch it in case it collapses.
Bernini has only respect and admiration for his rivals.
mnli hypothesis: Bernini has only respect and admiration for his rivals. premise: Romans who delight in Bernini's scorn for his rivals suggest that the Nile god covers his head rather than look at Borromini's church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, and the river god of the Americas is poised to catch it in case it collapses.