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Idealism and Pragmatism for Beginners is a Stranger mission featured in Red Dead Redemption 2. The quest becomes available during Chapter 4.

Story

After The Gilded Cage story mission, Arthur will receive a letter from Henri Lemieux, mayor of Saint Denis. In the letter, Lemieux mentions that Arthur robbed him and would like to meet back at his mansion at night.

Walkthrough

Part I

Upon arriving at the mansion, Lemieux makes it clear that he knows who Arthur is and that he was robbed during the party. Lemieux tells Arthur that he has a collection of paintings that are to be viewed at an art gallery and that a professor is claiming that the works are fake. At the end of the conversation, Lemieux tells Arthur to go to the gallery and have a word with Professor Shiftacre.

After arriving at the gallery, the professor can be seen exiting the building and will have to be followed into a secluded alley. Once in the alley, confront the professor by either threatening or beating him.

Either choice will have the professor agreeing to change his opinion about the mayor's paintings and have Arthur leaving the alley to meet with the mayor's assistant, Jean-Marc, back on the main street.

After waiting a few days, a letter from the mayor will become available from at any post office saying to return to his mansion again at night.

Part II

Arthur is tasked with getting a newspaper man named Hector Fellowes to donate to the mayor's new public library. Jean-Marc will inform Arthur that Hector can be met at one of the roads leading into Bayou Nwa in a red stagecoach.

After making it to the road, either board the coach as it's moving or "callout" to the driver to make it stop and then enter to talk with Hector. During the talk, Hector will call the mayor a crook to which Arthur says that he is a real crook and will dangle the man out of the moving coach until he agrees to make a donation.

Part III

After returning to the mansion, Arthur will be met by the mayor who will give him an old field manual titled Farm, Field and Falconry and task him to go to Jean-Marc's house to stop him from potentially spreading lies about the mayor and Arthur to the newspapers.

Upon reaching the house, Jean-Marc can be seen walking onto the porch about to enter his home. Arthur will confront him and knock him out in order to take him back to the mayor's mansion without being seen.

After reaching the mansion, follow the mayor into the backyard where he will tell Arthur to kill Jean-Marc.

If Jean-Marc is killed, a thank you letter will be received in a few days from Lemieux, and the player will get 10% off in all shops in Saint Denis.

If Jean-Marc is spared, he will promise to never mention anything that to the newspapers and run off into the distance. Wait a few days and there will be a letter from the new mayor waiting at the post office saying that Henri Lemieux has resigned from his position as Mayor of Saint Denis.

Video walkthrough

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