Mattressface that it was given to his family to safeguard, not to keep, and Mattressface promises that it will be gradually dispensed to a number of worthy causes. Matilda confronts her brother, asking him if he acted in defense of her, or if the treasure was all he ever cared about. Scrooge admits that the reason he never tried to make peace with her was because he was ashamed of his actions from the last time they talked, and that his ideals hadn't stood up to his travels from building his financial empire, and his vast wealth went from being a memento of his hard work and adventurousness, to becoming simply money. Scrooge also confesses that he envies Donald for having a family, but the McDuck spirit of adventure he sees in his younger relatives has inspired him to return to a life of adventure ever since he first met them. Scrooge begs his sister's forgiveness, and, seeing that he has always cared for his family, Matilda makes up with him at last. Scrooge laments that he may have earned her forgiveness, but he will never know how his father felt about him. But during the fight at the vault entrance, a small box fell from one of the statues, inside which is a letter from Fergus to his son. Fergus writes that after his wife's death, he followed the same clues to the vault's location, but was unable to get inside without the final key (the Crown). Instead, he left the letter, confident that Scrooge would find his own way there one day, and confessing that the real reason he never told Scrooge about the treasure was because he recognized his son's integrity and adventurousness, and knew he would be much more satisfied earning his fortune instead of simply inheriting one. Fergus ends by affirming that he (and his wife) were always proud of Scrooge and his accomplishments. Matilda admits that Fergus's opinion of Scrooge was the right one all along, but asks if Scrooge regrets leaving home to seek his fortune, not knowing until now that there was one hidden right under his ancestral home. Scrooge replies, not in the slightest: he would not have traded his lifetime of adventure for anything in the world, as it brought him his fortune, his family, and most important of all, the chance to prove that he was the man his