"Hmm... what you said makes quite a bit of sense."
Schneider put the letter back into his pocket, then said, "In any case, the minister has agreed to your request in principle, and is willing to allocate you some operational funds."
"Agreed in principle?" Arthur naturally understood this diplomatic language, "So you're saying this can be done, but if something goes wrong, I have to bear the responsibility myself."
"You could interpret it that way." Schneider explained, "After all, the minister has made up his mind to compete with Metternich, but Britain and Austria haven't reached the brink of open conflict. Therefore, if the matter of sponsoring Young Italy is exposed, it would be quite unseemly. At that point, the Foreign Office would have no choice but to regretfully attribute it to the personal actions of the diplomat."
