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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: have given a deserter his due without an instant's
pause.
The estafette that had gone with Luis' letters to
Monterey had taken one from Rezanov as well, ask-
ing permission to pay a visit of ceremony to the
Governor. Five days later the plenipotentiary re-
ceived a polite welcome to California, and protest
against another long journey; the humble servant
of the King of Spain would himself go to San
Francisco at once and offer the hospitality of Cali-
fornia to the illustrious representative of the Em-
Rezanov |
