If this were crime, not the Minister, but the Secretary, should suffer; for it is the Secretary, and not the Minister, who appealed to me constantly for help, often desiring me to think for him, and more than once to hold the pen for him.
Sumner argues that if there is blame to be assigned, it should fall on the Secretary rather than the Minister, highlighting the dynamics of responsibility in diplomacy.
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