It went on to make it clear that the decision-making would be in the hands of the four great powers. But it was already beginning to dawn on them that, having made peace with France, they could not actually ignore her. A curious anomaly had come into being: while the four were still leagued against France by the Treaty of Chaumont, they were now at peace with her and exchanging ambassadors, so she would have as much right to pass comment and make her influence felt as any of them.
