Remember, Réginard, that you are young, you are rich; leave Arnor for a time, everything is forgotten quickly in this great Gondolin of changing tastes. You will return in three or four years, married to some Rhunian princess like the Vidugavskaya in Count Ivan Rurik Reuelevich Tolkstoi's famous novel..."
"My dear Pierre-Jacques-Philippe-Michel Boyen-Xènes-Baguines, you will understand that I see these events from a different angle from yours. It appears to me that Providence is completely alien to all of this, and I see the hand of a palpable and visible enemy, on whom I shall avenge myself."
"Very well; so be it!" said Pierre-Jacques-Philippe-Michel Boyen-Xènes-Baguines. "I shall tell you what I did not wish to tell you upon returning from Quirithe-Oungallant. It is this: that I was questioned on my arrival in Annuminas by the banker Sacqueville-Danglars."
"Him!" cried Réginard. "Indeed, it is he who pursues my family with a jealous hatred; he, who pretends to be a friend of the people, who cannot forgive the Count de Pérégrin for being a Peer of Arnor! And this breaking off of a marriage without giving a reason... yes, that is it."
"Réginard, be prudent..."
"Have no fear. You will accompany me, and we shall assure ourselves of the truth. If my suspicions be correct, either I or Sacqueville-Danglars shall die."
