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35 "Now, gentlemen," said Captain Roe, "those are my written orders, and I give you my word that I have none unwritten."

Captain Aynesley immediately jumped up, exclaiming that his were practically the same, and he produced them. The French officer made a similar reply, regretting that he had not brought his with him. They were all there on the same mission; the fact that the governments of all but the American had acknowledged the Empire in Mexico in place of the Republic did not materially influence the main object of their presence, which was to simply watch over the interests of their .