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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: Rome and Madrid. At the same time I shall
arrange for the treaty with full authority from the
Tsar. Then I shall sail from Spain to Mexico and
reach here as soon as may be. It will take a long
while, the best part of two years; but I have your
word--"
"You have," the three asserted with solemn em-
phasis.
"Very well. But there is one thing more. I am
not in a diplomatic humor. My Sitkans are starv-
ing. I must leave here with a shipload of bread-
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