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`` The treaties shall be fully executed by you on the part of your master , in accordance with the terms of your instrument of authority now resting with my Lord Chancellor . When said treaties and said bill come to me , the treaties will be signed , and the copy intended for your master will be returned to you this evening so that you may carry out your instructions by leaving at dawn tomorrow morning . To the which I give my reluctant consent and request that you leave England without further ceremony , believing that your duty to your master mounts superior to the mere observation of courtly usage in formal leave-taking . `` Signed by the king 's own hand , `` CHARLES R. '' `` You will see your cousin immediately after your consultation with Du Boise , and arrange to deliver the documents to her hands privately at the hour of eight o'clock . '' `` I beg your Majesty 's indulgence for one question , '' I said , assuming as well as I could a reluctant manner . `` Yes , yes , but be quick , '' returned the king . `` It is this , '' I continued stammeringly .