]Regan was Sternwood""s bodyguard and close companion, an Irish Republican Army adventurer who acted as the General""s surrogate son-substitute.Thorin was brought before the Elven King Thranduil, a blonde Elf with a crown of leaves and twigs, who was immediately suspicious of Thorin""s greedy motives and quest:Some may imagine that a noble quest is at hand.It took 8 months to build (rather than two months).The two bridges were actually used until they were destroyed wo years after their construction by Allied bombings - in late June, 1945." He phones Senator Foley""s (and the new Senator Smith""s) secretary Saunders (Jean Arthur) [she is rarely called by her first name Clarissa] and tells her that Smith has disappeared.