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72 What do you mean?

Well, Giles of Virginia has some scheme on. He said if Hamilton got us into a corner

Monroe, Giles is a rascal, and I'll not be identified with any of his underhand schemes.

Neither will I. I'll just leave him alone and trust in Providence.

[Coming down  of table ] Forgive me for leaving you, although I'm afraid, gentlemen, our interview is at an end.

[Advancing a little to .] Citizen Hamilton, I have been credited with being a diplomatist.

Your valued service, as Minister to France, places that beyond dispute, sir.

And I find that, in settling arguments of all kinds, it is necessary to give and take.