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Rh No, no, not in the least. Pray consider our visit as quite informal.

Rh

We came to have a little friendly chat with you.

[Returning to table.] Gentlemen, I am indeed relieved to find that you have come in this friendly spirit. It gives me courage to approach you in a perfectly friendly way on a very urgent matter.

Rh

I trust it may be within our power to be of use to you.

Without sacrificing the principles for which we stand.

Of course.

[Sitting back of table.] President Washington is deeply concerned at the country's neglect to pay its debts—the debts incurred during the war.

You mean the neglect of certain states to pay their debts?

I mean the neglect of the nation.

Virginia has paid every cent she owes.