Abdul Rahman, who had received assurances from the British Envoy, finally relaxed his somewhat anxious heart, promptly thanking the British Envoy and gifting him valuable presents.
Receiving the gifts made the British Envoy immediately beam with joy, and he once again issued Abdul Rahman a blank check.
On the other hand, the French Envoy and the Spanish Envoy, after departing from Rabat, returned to their respective embassies and promptly reported Abdul Rahman's rejection to the Paris/Madrid government.
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The letter from Rabat took five days, crossing the Mediterranean and most of France, and finally arrived at a subsidiary agency of the French Empire's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in mid-February.
Upon receiving the letter, the subsidiary agency immediately passed it to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State wasted no time, turning to the Minister's office.
