The Scarlet Pimpernel Page #4

MONSEWER.

HA, HA, HA.

I MUST APOLOGIZE

FOR ME TARDINESS.

'TWAS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE,

FINDING A CARRIAGE.

SINK ME, IF EVERYONE ISN' SO EQUAL IN YOUR NEW SOCIETY

THAT NO ONE WANTS TO DO

THE DRIVING ANYMORE.

I TAKE IT, SIR, THAT YOU DO NO APPROVE OF OUR NEW SOCIETY?

APPROVAL, SIR, IN MY OPINION,

DEMANDS THE ATTAINMENT OF PERFECTION.

AND IN THAT SENSE,

YOU RATHER OVERRATE

THE CHARM OF YOUR SOCIETY.

FAITH, FOR ONE THING,

IT DOES SEEM MONSTROUS

ILL-DRESSED FOR

ANY SOCIETY,

EVEN A NEW ONE.

SINK ME, YOUR TAILORS

HAVE BETRAYED YOU.

BETRAYED US? WE PRIDE OURSELVES

ON OUR FRENCH TAILORS.

ODDS FISH, MY DEAR FELLOW,

SUCH SHODDY WORKMANSHIP

WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED IN

LONDON FOR ONE TINY INSTANT.

LOOK YOU HERE, SIR,

AT THIS LIMP CRAVAT.

I ASK YOU!

OR THE SORRY CU OF THIS SLEEVE.

NO, NO, NO.

OF THE SAD STATE

OF THOSE CUFFS.

SINK ME, I CAN HARDLY BRING

MESELF TO LOOK UPON THEM.

NO, NO, NO, SIR.

IF THIS IS THE BES YOUR TAILORS CAN DO.

'TWOULD SERVE YOU BETTER

TO SEND THEM TO THE GUILLOTINE.

WE WILL SEND:

OUR KING, INSTEAD, SIR,

AND EXALT OUR TAILORS.

MORE'S THE PITY.

THEN YOUR TAILORS

WILL RULE THE LAND,

AND NO ONE WILL:

MAKE THE CLOTHES.

SO MUCH FOR:

FRENCH FASHION,

AND FRENCH POLITICS.

WHAT IS IT YOU FRENCHIES SAY?

TWO-SHAY...,

YOU SEE, I'M A BIT OF A POET,

AND YOU DID NOT KNOW IT.

WHAT?

WELL, IT HAS BEEN MOS AMUSING, SIR PERCY.

BUT, IF YOU WILL EXCUSE ME,

I HAVE SOMEONE I MUST SEE INSIDE.

MARGUERITE, MY DEAR.

YOU REALLY MUSTNT TEASE

CHAUVELIN SO RECKLESSLY.

HE'S VERY POWERFUL

IN THE GOVERNMENT.

ALREADY, HE'S ROBESPIERRE'S

MOST TRUSTED AGENT.

THE ONLY POWER THAT I

CAN SEE AT PRESENT, MADEMOISELLE,

IS THE POWER...

OF YOUR BEAUTY.

BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE

OF THE BEHOLDER, SIR PERCY.

THIS BEHOLDER...

IS ENCHANTED.

IF I WERE TO TELL YOU

THAT I ADORE YOU,

WOULD YOU HAVE ME

DO SO, STINTINGLY?

ADORE ME?

OR WOULD YOU HAVE

ME DECLARE IT AS I FEEL IT?

WITH ALL MY HEART.

BUT YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.

YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME.

EXACTLY SO.

WHICH IS WHY I:

YEARN TO KNOW EVERYTHING.

YOU MUST TELL ME

ALL ABOUT YOURSELF.

IN EVERY DETAIL.

BUT EVER SO SLOWLY.

SO VERY SLOWLY.

SO THAT IT TAKES A VERY...

VERY LONG TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER

ARE MAD, OR...

DESPERATELY IN LOVE.

'TIS ALL THE SAME.

TELL ME IF YOU CAN...

THAT YOU DO NOT FEEL IT?

PLEASE...

YOU MOVE TOO FAST.

MY HEART...

DICTATES THE PACE.

GOOD MORNING, CITIZEN

ROBESPIERRE.

THANK YOU, ST. CYR.

CHAUVELIN.

THE REPORT INFORMS ME,

THERE MAY BE AN ATTEMP

TO RESCUE THE ROYAL FAMILY,

PARTICULARLY, THE YOUNG

DAUPHIN, HEIR TO THE THRONE.

I SHALL SEE TO IT THA SECURITY IS TIGHTENED AT ONCE.

AND ANOTHER THING, THERE IS

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