[Description: A watercolor and color pencil illustration showing Rezánov in discussion with the Comandante of the San Francisco Company. According to the corresponding text (see p. 147 of electronic text, or page 187 of the edition from which the color iamges were taken), the men are "alone in the sala," which is richly decorated with wood paneling, a persian rug, a blue-painted wall above the panel, a blue tablecloth with embroidered edge, and a Spanish-style Madonna and Child portrait framed in heavy gold on the wall above Rezánov's head. Rezánov sits across the small round table from the viewer, wearing a bright green, gold-braided jacket, white pants, yellow-cuffed black boots, and gesturing with his right hand. In his left hand he holds his tall black merchant marine hat. Facing him, with his back largely to the viewer, is his interlocutor, Concha's father. He wears a red jacket over tan buttoned pants, blue stockings, and low black shoes. He raps his left hand on the table, his mouth is open in argument, and his right hand rests on his own right knee. Caption: "'But it cannot be! Surely, Excellency, you realize that?' Page 187." ]