The Scarlet Pimpernel Page #4

BEFORE I DID ANYTHING SO DRASTIC.

DRASTIC?

AS REPORT IT TO:

THE COMMITTEE.

[LAUGHING] MY DARLING MARGUERITE,

I'M NOT THE COMMITTEE.

I'M THE MAN WHO HOPE

ONE DAY TO MARRY YOU.

BUT YOU ARE AN AGEN OF THE COMMITTEE.

WOULDN'T IT BE YOUR

DUTY TO REPORT IT...

MY FIRST DUTY, MY DEAREST,

IS TO YOU.

I MAY NOT ALWAYS FIND

A WAY TO SHOW IT.

BUT I LOVE YOU.

WITH ALL MY HEART.

I GIVE YOU MY WORD, I WILL

NEVER BETRAY YOUR CONFIDENCE.

FORGIVE ME, PAUL.

ON THE OTHER HAND

IT IS YOUR DUTY TO REPOR THIS TO ME OFFICIALLY.

AND THEN, AND ONLY THEN,

I'LL TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

BUT THAT COULD MEAN

ST. CYR'S EXECUTION,

AND POSSIBLY HIS

FAMILY'S AS WELL.

HE'S A TRAITOR.

AND CAN YOU THINK OF

A BETTER WAY TO REPAY HIM

FOR HAVING YOUR BROTHER BEATEN?

YOU CAN'T HONESTLY BELIEVE

THAT I WOULD SEND A MAN

AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY TO

THEIR DEATH OUT OF SPITE?

THEY'RE ARISTOCRATS, MY DEAR!

[WHISPERING]

I COULD NEVER LIVE WITH MYSELF!

IN THAT CASE, YOU MAY HAVE ONE DAY

TO ANSWER TO THE REPUBLIC.

RATHER THE REPUBLIC

THAN MY CONSCIENCE.

YOU DISAPPOINT ME.

YOU'VE GONE SOFT!

IF BY THAT YOU MEAN I'M NO BLOODTHIRSTY ENOUGH FOR THIS

REVOLUTION OF YOURS,

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT USED TO BE YOUR

REVOLUTION AS WELL.

YES...

BUT IT'S TAKEN US

IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

PERHAPS MY VISION WAS

NEVER THE SAME AS YOURS.

I SEE NOW, WHAT BEGINS AS A

DREAM CAN END AS A NIGHTMARE.

SOME CAUSES CAN BECOME WARPED,

TWISTED LIKE SOME MEN.

IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO GUESS

THE REASON FOR THIS SUDDEN

CHANGE OF HEART.

I SUSPECT IT'S THE

ARISTOCRATIC COMPANY

YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING OF LATE.

WHY, PAUL, I DO

BELIEVE YOUR JEALOUS.

WHY SHOULD I NOT BE?

WELL, IF IT'S ANY CONSOLATION,

SIR. PERCY LEFT FOR ENGLAND

A FORTNIGHT AGO.

AND THEN YOU DON'T KNOW.

KNOW WHAT?

THAT HE'S BACK.

IN PARIS?

[WITH FEELING]

YOU KNOW, IT AMAZES ME

HOW A WOMAN OF YOUR TASTE

AND INTELLIGENCE COULD TOLERATE

SUCH A FOOL.

AND NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.

I HAVE SOME DUTIES

TO ATTEND TO.

[OPENS DOOR]

BON-JEWER, MON-SEWER.

I SWEAR YOU BEEN

TAKIN' LESSONS.

THE CRAVAT'S A PICTURE.

OH, UGH.

OH, OUTTA' MY WAY!

YOU IDIOT!

[DOOR CLOSES]

PERCY!

PERCY, PERCY!

HA, HA, HA, HA, HA.

I KNEW YOU WOULD COME BACK!

MY DARLING!

WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE

PLEASED TO SEE ME.

IT'S MORE THAN YOU CAN

SAY FOR YOUR FRIEND, CHAUVELIN.

POSITIVELY NO SENSE OF HUMOR.

MUST BE HIS DIET.

OH, PLEASE, DON'T BE

SO FLIPPANT, PERCY.

CHAUVELIN IS TERRIBLY JEALOUS.

HE ACTUALLY FRIGHTENS ME.

FRIGHTENS YOU, MY DEAR.

NONSENSE.

I WANT YOU TO FORGET, CHAUVELIN.

FORGET EVERY MEN

YOU'VE EVER KNOWN.

EXCEPT ME.

HOW EASY THAT WOULD BE.

SOMETIMES...

YOU'RE SO... ELUSIVE.

ARE YOU AN ACTOR, TOO?

PLAYING OUT SOME

PART IN A STRANGE CHARADE?

I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, MY DEAR,

THE ONE THING YOU MUST NEVER DOUB

IS MY SINCERITY.

I KNOW BEHIND THAT MASK

HIDES THE TRUE PERCY BLAKENEY.

THAT'S THE MAN

I YEARN TO KNOW.

AND SO YOU SHALL, MY DEAR.

ALL IN GOOD TIME.

HOW LONG IS THAT?

MARRY ME,...AND YOU HAVE

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,...TO FIND OUT.

NEVER,

NEVER,

NEVER,

AND THERE IS NOTHING

YOU CAN DO TO ME

THAT WILL MAKE ME CHANGE MY MIND.

THAT NOT TO YOU, PERHAPS,

BUT I WONDER WHAT WOULD

BECOME OF ALL YOUR ARISTOCRATIC

PRINCIPLES, IF YOU FAMILY WERE

LANGUISHING IN HERE, AS WELL?

YOU WOULDN'T DARE.

YOU WILL HAVE UNTIL

TOMORROW TO RECONSIDER.

I INTEND TO WARN THE

DE TOURNEY FAMILY AND

HELP THEM FLEE, IF NECESSARY.

NOW, LOOK HERE,

MY DEAR FELLOW.

I DID NOT SAVE YOUR NECK

FROM THOSE THUGS OF ST. CYR'S

MERELY TO SEE YOU LOSE

YOUR HEAD AT THE GUILLOTINE.

[SIGH]

WHAT?

MY MIND IS QUITE

MADE UP, PERCY.

I WILL WARN THE DE TOURNEYS.

THERE'S NO USE TRYING TO STOP ME.

I HAVE NO INTENTION...

OF STOPPING YOU.

DO YOU SUPPOSE...THAT YOU COULD

GET INTO THE TEMPLE PRISON...

AND SEE THE COUNT...

TONIGHT?

UGH, WELL, I...I THINK SO.

BUT TO WHAT PURPOSE?

-I...HAVE A PLAN.

-OH...YOU HAVE A PLAN.

YOU, WHO ARE PRACTICALLY

INCAPABLE OF ANY

THOUGHT ENTERING INTO

YOU HEAD THAT IS NOT TRIVIAL.

[SIGH]

OH, REALLY, PERCY.

-THIS IS SERIOUS.

-SO AM I.

DEADLY SERIOUS.

WE MUST RESCUE THE DE TOURNEY FAMILY,

WITHOUT RISKING YOU.

YOU CAN BE FAR MORE VALUABLE

TO US IF YOU KEEP IN WITH CHAUVELIN

AND CONTINUE TO WORK

WITH THE COMMITTEE.

USEFUL TO US. WHAT ON EARTH

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU MUST SWEAR, BY

ALL YOU HOLD SACRED

THAT WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR,

YOU WILL NOT REPEAT TO ANYONE.

-REALLY, PERCY,...

-NOT EVEN MARGUERITE!

YOU MUST BE QUITE MAD.

DO YOU SWEAR?

[SIGH]

VERY WELL.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT INSIGNIA?

LOOKS LIKE A FLOWER

OF SOME SORT.

CORRECT.

IT IS A SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

[GUILLOTINE DROPS]

[CROWD CHEERS]

DEATH TO THE ARISTOS.

LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC.

OH, I AM PLEASED

TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE

COME TO YOUR SENSES.

-YOU LEFT ME LITTLE CHOICE.

-WELL, THAT WAS THE GENERAL IDEA.

YOU WILL LEAVE FOR LONDON

AT ONCE. UNDER GUARD, OF COURSE.

ONCE THERE, YOU WILL RESIDE

AT OUR FRENCH EMBASSY

SO YOU CAN INTRODUCE

-AND MY FAMILY?

-THEY ARE TO REMAIN IN PARIS.

AH. AND SO MY FAMILY ARE

NOT TO BE IN PRISON,

THEY ARE TO BE HELD HOSTAGE.

THAT IS THE GENERAL IDEA.

TAKE GOOD CARE OF OUR FRIEND.

[DRUMS AND CROWDS

ARE HEARD]

-IT'S HER OWN MOTHER.

-WHOS IS IT?

-ALWAYS HE'S IN IT, THE MOTHER, RIGHT?

-YEAH

ALL RIGHT.

FETCH ME YOUR PAPERS.

HERE'YA. HE THINKS

I'M AN ARISTOCRAT.

[LAUGHTER]

CASKS OF WINE, HERE, HAVE WE?

RIGHT, I'LL HAVE A LOOK AT THOSE.

I WOULDN'T DO THA IF I WERE YOU.

OH, MAKE MY SPOILT OUT.

NA, NA, ...SERGEANT,

...ME GRANDSON.

HERE'YA, HERE'YA.

COME HERE, SERGEANT.

HERE.

A WORD IN YOUR EAR, SERGEANT.

ALL RIGHT, HE'S GOT THE PLAGUE.

PLAGUE.

I TOLD YOU,

I TRIED TO WARN YOU.

GET HIM AWAY FROM HERE!

TAKE HIM AWAY FROM HERE!

ALL RIGHT.

HERE, TAKE YOUR PAPERS.

ALL RIGHT YOU ARE, SERGEANT, RIGHT.

OPEN THE GATES!

PAPERS.

SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS.

SERGEANT.

AN OLD WOMAN WILL

PASS THIS WAY WITH A CART.

YOU ARE TO ARRES HER AT ONCE.

AN OLD WOMAN JUST PASSED

THIS WAY FIVE MINUTES AGO.

YOU LET HER GO!

THAT WAS THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL!

OPEN THE GATES!

HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH.

HEH, HEH.

EVERYTHING GO AS PLANNED?

LIKE CLOCKWORK, PERCY.

GOOD. WELL, BEST BE ON YOUR WAY.

IT'LL BE DARK, SOON.

MORE THAN A NIGHT'S

RIDE TO THE COAST.

MADEMOISELLE.

THIS WAY, COUNTESS.

WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS

OUR GRATITUDE, MONSIEUR.

IT IS THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, NOT I,

WHO DESERVES YOUR THANKS, COUNTESS.

I WAS CERTAIN THAT YOU

WERE THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

I WOULD NEVER PRESUME

TO FILL THOSE SHOES.

I LACK SUFFICIENT COURAGE.

I HAVE YET TO MEE A MORE COURAGEOUS CAVALIER,

OR A MORE HANDSOME ONE.

SUSAN.

IT'S DANGEROUS.

WE MUST HURRY.

THANK YOU, MONSIEUR.

YOU MUST BE VERY MUCH

LIKE YOUR MOTHER.

I'M AN UGLY DUCKLING

BY COMPARISON.

THEY SAY SHE WAS THE

MOST BEAUTIFUL BRIDE IN FRANCE.

PERHAPS IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE

AFTER ALL THAT THE BRIGHTEST,

THE MOST RADIANT OF WOMEN

SHOULD MARRY AN UTTER FOOL,

WHEN ONE RECALLS, THAT HE'S ALSO SAID

TO BE THE RICHEST MAN IN ENGLAND.

I THINK YOU'D BETTER LEAVE.

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