The English gentleman looked confused but finally snapped "If it is your wish, sir, the document shall be put in the vaults of The Bank Of England under my family's care, and at the appointed time it shall be delivered.  I swear to God, sir, it shall be done!"
"Thank you!"  Davis acknowledged.  "Thank you, my friend!  If you will excuse me, I have much to do."
"Certainly!" his friend answered, taking the letter.  "God be with you, sir!"
"He shall be," President Davis answered, "He shall be!"
He watched his friend leave and closed the door.  President Davis turned and looked at the map on the wall.  "If only," he muttered, "all I was doing wasn't to no avail.  If only..."  He sighed one more time and returned to his work, and history followed its course, and things were as they should have been.  It was as it should have been.