Mr.Tyler half rose and half frowned as he noticed Mr.Pakenham shuffling as though he would depart.
"It shall be, of course, as you suggest," said the president to Pakenham.

"There is no record of any of this.

But the answer of Mr.
Calhoun, which I await and now demand, is one which will go upon the records of this country soon enough, I fancy.

I ask you, then, to hear what Mr.Calhoun replies." Ah, it was well arranged and handsomely staged, this little comedy, and done for the benefit of England, after all! I almost might have believed that Mr.Calhoun had rehearsed this with the president.

Certainly, the latter knew perfectly well what his answer was to be.