The Scarlet Pimpernel Page #2

A LITTLE COGNAC, I THINK

'I CALL UPON YOU NOW

'REVENGE MY WRONG.

'YOUR FAVORS WILL BE MEASURED

'BY YOUR RAGE.'

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

MARGUERITE, MARGUERITE,

IT'S ARMAND, HE'S BEEN HURT.

HURT?

THERE'S A MAN OUTSIDE

WITH A CARRIAGE.

HE WANTS US:

TO GO WITH HIM.

WHAT CAN WE DO?

WE MUST GO:

TO HIM, AT ONCE.

WHAT ABOU THE REST OF THE PLAY?

MY DEAR, LOUISE,

THIS IS THE CHANCE EVERY

UNDERSTUDY DREAMS OF.

NO, I CAN'T.

I'M NOT READY!

YOU'LL BE SUPERB.

[KISSING HER]

BUT NOT TOO SUPERB,

I TRUST.

WHY CAN'T YOU-?

NOW, TO ARMAND.

MARGUERITE!

MY POOR, ARMAND!

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

TWO MEN,

OUT OF THE DARKNESS.

IF IT HADN'T BEEN

FOR THIS GENTLEMAN...

MY BROTHER AND I ARE

INDEBTED TO YOU, MONSIEUR.

MONSIEUR?

SIR PERCY BLAKENEY, MADEMOISELLE.

ALTHOUGH, ANYONE WOULD

HAVE DONE AS MUCH.

IF YOU THINK THAT, MONSIEUR,

YOU DO NOT KNOW:

PARIS, WELL.

WHO WERE THESE MEN

THAT ATTACKED YOU, MY DARLING.

THEY WERE SENT BY

THE MARQUIS DE ST. CYR.

I RECOGNIZED HIS CARRIAGE.

NO DOUBT, TO TEACH

ME A LESSON:

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THIS.

ONE DAY, I WILL REPAY

THE MARQUIS FOR THIS.

COME, MY DARLING, WE'LL

GET YOU INTO BED.

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN?

THANK YOU.

I'M QUITE ALL RIGHT, NOW.

RATHER A HARSH LESSON.

I TRUST THE OFFENCE

WARRANTED THE PUNISHMENT.

MY BROTHER IS YOUNG

AND HOT-BLOODED, MONSIEUR.

HIS HEART TOO OFTEN

LEADS HIS HEAD.

I FEAR HE HAD THE IMPUDENCE

TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ST. CYR'S DAUGHTER.

IS LOVE, TOO, A CRIME

IN FRANCE THESE DAYS?

ONLY, IF THE LADY

IS AN ARISTOCRAT,

WHOSE FATHER INSOLENTLY THINKS THA WE'RE BOURGEOIS NOT FIT TO BREATHE

THE SAME AIR:

THAT THEY DO.

IF YOU WILL EXCUSE ME,

I MUST TEND TO MY BROTHER.

WAIT!

WHEN WILL I:

SEE YOU AGAIN?

MY BROTHER AND I

ARE HAVING A SMALL

SOIRE AT OUR HOME

IN THE RUE DO VICHELIEU

SUNDAY NEXT-

IF YOU ARE FREE.

FOR SUCH AND INITIATION,

MADEMOISELLE,

I SHALL MAKE...MYSELF FREE.

SUNDAY, NEXT, THEN.

NUMBER 27.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS, MY DEAR.

YOU PLAYED A GREAT SUCCESS,

WE HEAR.

SOLD OUT EVERY NIGHT.

ISN'T IT AMAZING.

I WAS SURE NO ONE WOULD COME.

OH, NONSENSE.

ALL KINDS ADORE YOU.

MY DEAR, HAVEN' YOU HEARD THE NEWS?

NEWS?

EVERYBODY'S TALKING

ABOUT IT.

THERE WERE OVER 20 EXECUTIONS

IN THE PLACE DE LA CREIAS, TODAY.

TWENTY-THREE,

TO BE PRECISE.

PAUL!

MY DEAR, I'VE ONLY JUST BEEN

ABLE TO TEAR MYSELF AWAY.

OH.

YOU LOOK SO TIRED.

COME, LET'S HAVE

SOME CHAMPAGNE.

[LAUGHTER]

YOU SAY THERE WERE 23

EXECUTIONS TODAY, CHAUVELIN?

TO BE PRECISE,

AND THERE WILL:

BE MORE, EVERYDAY,

UNTIL THE COMMITTEE

HAS PURGED THE REPUBLIC

OF THE LAS CORRUPT ARISTOCRAT.

NOT ANOTHER SPEECH,

CHAUVELIN!

THIS IS WHAT I HAVE

TO LISTEN TO ALL DAY NOW, MY DEAR.

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