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.