Just ten days passed before a telegraphic answer came! The very hour it came, I was myself making up an answer for the President that I was going to send, to save our face.
Now, I'm trying with all my might to do this job.

I spend all my time, all my ingenuity, all my money at it.

I have organized my staff as a sort of Cabinet.

We meet every day.

We go over everything conceivable that we may do or try to do.