"Now tell me, what have _I_ to do?
What part is assigned to _me_ ?" "You will go to Genoa, count.

Here is a letter from General Nugent to the captain of the Swedish ship Proserpina, now lying in the harbor." "But it is not sealed ?" asked the count, taking the paper offered.
"Open it, and you will find that it does not contain a single word.

I received it so from our messenger, who brought it directly from Count Nugent in Heligoland to me.

It is your letter of recommendation, that is all! Written words might compromise, spoken ones die away upon the wind.

If you deliver this, addressed in General Nugent's hand, to the captain of the Proserpina, he will recognize you as the right messenger, and you will then tell him verbally what you have to say." "What shall I tell him ?" "Tell him to take in his freight, have his ballast on board, and keep everything in readiness for departure.