# The News explained — El Dorado

> Chapter companion for El Dorado by Baroness Orczy.

## What happens

Marguerite learns of Percy's capture in Paris and insists on joining Sir Andrew Ffoulkes and the League to rescue him, despite the dangers. Suzanne supports her husband's duty, and Sir Andrew outlines the plan to return to Paris.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Loyalty

Marguerite's desperate determination to share Percy's fate and Suzanne's dignified support for her husband's duty highlight the theme of love and loyalty.

### Sacrifice and Redemption

The willingness of the League members to risk their lives for Percy, and Marguerite's offer to face danger, underscore sacrifice and the hope of redemption.

### Honor and Duty

Sir Andrew and the League's commitment to rescue their leader, and Suzanne's acceptance of her husband's duty, reflect the theme of honor and duty.

## Character check-ins

### Marguerite Blakeney

Learns of Percy's capture and passionately insists on joining the rescue mission to Paris.

### Sir Percy Blakeney

Captured in the Rue de la Croix Blanche; his fate is the central concern of the chapter.

### Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

Relays the news of Percy's capture and agrees to lead Marguerite to Paris for the rescue.

### Suzanne

Supports her husband's duty with dignity, despite the pain of parting.

### Armand St. Just

Mentioned as having fallen in love with Jeanne Lange and being the reason Percy returned to Paris.

### Jeanne Lange

Mentioned as the woman Armand loves; she was arrested before the Dauphin's rescue.

### Lord Tony

Mentioned as being at Calais with Lord Hastings, awaiting orders.

### Lord Hastings

Mentioned as being at Calais with Lord Tony, awaiting orders.

## Key lines

> “My husband will go where his duty calls him,” said Suzanne with charming and simple dignity. “I love him with all my heart, because he is brave and good. He could not leave his comrade, who is also his chief, in the lurch. God will protect him, I know. I would not ask him to play the part of a coward.”

Suzanne declares that her husband must follow his duty, as she loves him for his bravery and goodness, and she would never ask him to be a coward.

_Suzanne's speech emphasizes her support for her husband's honor and duty._

> “Take me with you, Sir Andrew,” she entreated; “do not condemn me to the awful torture of weary waiting, day after day, wondering, guessing, never daring to hope, lest hope deferred be more hard to bear than dreary hopelessness.”

Marguerite begs Sir Andrew to take her along, saying that waiting in suspense would be worse than any danger.

_Marguerite's plea reveals her intense emotional need to be near Percy._

> “I cannot let him die alone, Sir Andrew; he will be longing for me, and—and, after all, there is you, and my Lord Tony, and Lord Hastings and the others; surely—surely we are not going to let him die, not like that, and not alone.”

Marguerite insists she cannot let Percy die alone and expresses faith that the League will not abandon him.

_Marguerite's determination to join the rescue effort underscores her love and loyalty._

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