There is only one point, monsieur, which should be arranged before I enter upon this last and, for me, most troublesome and dangerous enterprise." "And that ?" Hunterleys enquired.
"My own position," Frenhofer declared solemnly.

"I am not greedy or covetous.

My ambitions have long been fixed.

To serve an Imperial Russian nobleman has been no pleasure for me.

St.Petersburg has been a prison.