He clearly stated that the King would not be willing to surrender a single _Prussian_ village; he probably said that they would not acquiesce in the restoration to France of any _German_ territory.

France therefore must seek her reward in a French-speaking people.

It was perhaps an exaggeration if Drouyn de Lhuys said "he offered us all kinds of things which did not belong to him," but Napoleon also in later years repeated that Bismarck had promised him all kinds of recompenses.

No written agreement was made; that was reserved for later negotiations, but there was a verbal understanding, which both parties felt was binding.

This was the pendant to the interview of Plombieres.