Then the Count put Morrie into suspended animation so that he (the Count) could take an excursus in order to show mercy to Sacqueville-Danglars and come to terms with the Past and salve his angste before conquering the world.
Sacqueville-Danglars, meanwhile, was lurking in his cave, feeling very bored despite his efforts to make the cave look like an imposing financial building with the aid of some friendly Druédains, when a knock at what passed for the door roused him. It was Luigi Vanya of Luigi Vanya and Co., Bandits, calling to remind him that he still had outstanding debts with that organization.
"Take my last gold," stammered Sacqueville-Danglars, handing the bandit his portefeuille. "And let me live here, in this cave, in peace; I no longer ask for liberty, I only ask to be allowed to live."
"You suffer, then?" said Vanya.
"Oh, yes, I suffer, and cruelly!"
"Nevertheless, there are people who have suffered more than you."
"Yes, there are others who have suffered more than I, but at least they were martyrs and suffered for their faith in the truths of Pierre-Jacques regarding the dwarves and how to toss them and cure their stiff necks with cognac-de-tylenolle."
