The specific content of the national document, everyone present actually knows clearly in their hearts.
Generally, in situations like this where a protest is expressed, most monarchs choose not to appear to avoid embarrassment and prevent some challenges that do not accord with etiquette, handing the matter over to the foreign minister.
But today, Russia's Foreign Minister, Nesselrode, is merely standing beside the Tsar without saying a word.
Evidently, as Pushkin once said, he's merely a supporting actor in the realm of diplomacy.
Earl of Dalmo's clever response did not satisfy the Tsar; today he intends to extract a definite answer from the Earl of Dalmo's mouth, to see whether the British attitude is truly as resolute as they presume.
He knowingly asked a question, which Earl of Dalmo wished not to directly reply: "What does the content of the national document roughly say?"
"It concerns some contentious issues within the Ottoman Empire's territory."
