I had found (through the dwarf's agency) Captain Vauvenarde.

I had satisfied myself that he was an outrageous person, thoroughly disqualified from becoming Lola's husband, and there was an end of the matter.

Meanwhile Fate (again through the agency of Anastasius) had brought her many hundreds of miles away from Dale and had moreover brought her to me.

I was delighted.

I patted Destiny on the back, and drank his health in excellent Pommery.