The Scarlet Pimpernel Page #5

ONE ENEMY OF THE REPUBLIC

IN PARTICULAR WHO CONTINUES

TO ELUDE US, A MAN WE CONSIDER

MORE DANGEROUS THAN ALL THE

OTHERS COMBINED,

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, CITIZEN,

THE MAN HAS SPARED BARELY

A HANDFUL FROM THE GUILLOTINE,

OUT OF HUNDREDS.

SURELY, WE OVERESTIMATE

HIS IMPORTANCE.

ON THE CONTRARY, UNCHECKED

HIS CONTINUED SUCCESS COULD

UNDERMINE THE REVOLUTION ITSELF.

UNDERMINE THE REVOLUTION?

BY RAISING THE HOPES OF

THOSE WHO ARE CONSPIRING

TO OVERTHROW THE REPUBLIC

AND RESTORE THE MONARCHY.

SO YOU SEE, CHAUVELIN,

WHILE THIS MEDDLESOME

HE CONTINUES TO BE A MENACE.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE MAN

WHO BRINGS HIM TO JUSTICE

WILL EARN THE GRATITUDE

OF THE NATION.

NOT TO MENTION, A SEA ON THE COMMITTEE.

HE MUST BE STOPPED, CHAUVELIN.

I SHALL SEE TO I AT ONCE, CITIZEN.

HOW IS OUT YOUNG FRIEND,

ARMAND ST. JUST, SETTLING IN?

A BIT HEADSTRONG, PERHAPS,

BUT I SUSPECT HE'LL GO FAR.

HUH, HUH, HUH.

[CLOCK CHIMES]

"YOU CAN INFORM YOUR PEOPLE,

THAT THE DAUPHIN IS TO BE

HELD PRISONER IN THE TEMPLE.

ST. CYR."

SIR PERCY BLAKENEY,

MADEMOISELLE.

PLEASE, SHOW HIM IN, ANNETTE.

UH, FORGIVE ME...

IF I KEPT YOU WAITING.

YOUR NOTE DID SAY ELEVEN.

I HAD A DEVIL:

OF A TIME:

FINDING A SUITABLE BASKET.

A SUITABLE...BASKET?

HMM.

I THOUGHT...A PICNIC.

PERCY!

PAPERS.

PAPERS..IF YOU PLEASE.

SINK ME.

SURELY YOU RECOGNIZE THE MOS BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS IN FRANCE.

A MAN WOULD HAVE TO BE

BLIND NOT TO RECOGNIZE

MADEMOISELLE MARGUERITE ST. JUST.

YOU THERE!

MAKE WAY!

LET THIS CARRIAGE PASS!

CAREFUL NOW.

UGH!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, NOW?

YES, INDEED, MANY THANKS.

DAMN THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL!

NOW HE'S MADE OFF

WITH THE DUC DE LEON.

HE HAS PROVED MOST ELUSIVE,

CITIZEN.

A MAN OF MANY DISGUISES,

BUT, I NOW BELIEVE

THAT THERE IS ONLY

ONE WAY TO CATCH HIM.

HOW TO YOU PROPOSE TO FIND

BY SIMPLE DEDUCTION, PONCEAU.

MANAGES TO PASS:

HIMSELF OFF AS A FRENCH.

IT FOLLOWS, THEREFORE,

THAT HE COMES FROM THAT PRIVILEGED CLASS

BROUGHT UP BY FRENCH GOVERNESSES,

TUTORED BY FRENCH INSTRUCTORS,

AND PERHAPS EVEN EDUCATED

AT A FRENCH UNIVERSITY.

IN A WORD, THE MAN IS

UNDOUBTEDLY AN ARISTOCRAT.

AND THAT WOULD EXPLAIN

HIS SYMPATHIES, AND

NARROW THE FIELD CONSIDERABLY.

I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL SHALL FIND HIM

AT THE CENTER OF SOCIAL LIFE IN LONDON,

AND THAT IS WHERE I PROPOSE

WE TRACK HIM DOWN.

HE DOES HAVE A POINT, PONCEAU.

WHILE HE'S IN FRANCE,

THE CUNNING FOX IS ALWAYS ON HIS GUARD,

BUT IN HIS OWN BACKYARD, UM?

WE SHALL HAVE YOU APPOINTED

SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE COURT OF ST. JAMES

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

PONCEAU WILL SEE TO THE DETAILS.

I AM DEEPLY HONORED, CITIZEN.

WOULD IT NOT BE ADVISABLE

IF I WERE TO HAVE THE ASSISTANCE

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