"
And I understood you to make the following answer:
"Having written a dispatch to His Majesty's charge d'affaires at
Washington, with instructions to communicate it to Mr. Forsyth, and M.
Pageot having read it to Mr. Forsyth, I have nothing to say in addition
to that dispatch."
I said:
"I am also instructed to inquire of your excellency whether His
Majesty's Government is ready to pay those funds."
And you returned this answer:
"Yes, in the terms of the dispatch."
I added:
"I am instructed to ask another question: Will His Majesty's Government
name any fixed determined period when they will be disposed to pay those
funds?"
To this question the following was your excellency's answer, as I
understood it:
"To-morrow, if necessary. When the Government of the United States shall
by a written official communication have expressed its regret at the
misunderstanding which has taken place between the two Governments,
assuring us that this misunderstanding was founded on an error--that
it did not intend to call in question the good faith of His Majesty's
Government--the funds are there; we are ready to pay.
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