The Scarlet Pimpernel Page #7

NOT EVEN TO THAT FOOL

YOU CALL YOUR HUSBAND!

[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]

FORGIVE ME, IF I STARTLED

YOU, MADAME.

I MUST HAVE BEEN

DAYDREAMING.

HOW LOVELY YOU LOOK.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN

SINCE YOU'VE NOTICED ME AT ALL.

LOT, MADAME, I'D HAVE

TO BE BLIND NOT TO NOTICE.

IN THAT GOWN, YOU'LL BE

THE BELL OF THE BALL.

NOW, TELL ME, WHAT WAS I YOU WERE DREAMING ABOUT,

WHEN I CAME IN JUST NOW?

PERCY, YOU'VE KNOWN SIR ANDREW

FOR A LONG TIME, HAVEN'T YOU?

WE WENT TO SCHOOL

TOGETHER, MADAME.

WHY DO YOU ASK?

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF HE

MIGHT NOT BE THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

ANDREW?

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL?

MOST UNLIKELY, MY DEAR.

BUT, TELL ME, WHY THE SUDDEN

INTEREST IN THE IDENTITY OF

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL?

OH, I HAVE NO MORE INTERES THAN ANY OTHER WOMAN IN LONDON.

I WAGER YOUR FRIEND, CHAUVELIN,

WOULD GIVE A GREAT DEAL TO KNOW.

IF FAITH, I SUSPECT THAT'S THE

REASON HE CAME TO ENGLAND.

I'M SURPRISED HE HASN' CONFIDED AS MUCH.

TO YOU, MY DEAR.

TO ME?

WHY, I HAVEN'T LAID EYES ON

THE MAN SINCE HE ARRIVED.

ALTHOUGH, I'M SURE

YOU ARE RIGHT.

WELL, IF ANYONE'S GOING TO

CATCH THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

IT WILL NOT BE CHAUVELIN.

AND WHY IS THAT?

WHY? ODDS FISH, MY DEAR, THE MAN

CAN'T EVEN TIE HIS OWN CRAVAT.

REALLY, PERCY, IS THA ALL YOU THINK ABOUT?

WHY AREN'T YOU THE KIND OF MAN

A WOMAN CAN LOOK UP TO?

TURN TO IN TROUBLE.

TROUBLE, MY DEAR?

ARE YOU IN TROUBLE?

AND IF I WERE?

WHY YOU MIGHT TRY

CONFIDING IN ME,

AS ONCE YOU USED TO.

WHAT'S THE USE.

WE DON'T EVEN SPEAK THE

SAME LANGUAGE ANYMORE.

[BELL RINGS]

[DOOR OPENS]

PARDON, MADAME.

- THE COURIER?

- MURDERED.

- COME WITH ME, CHIVERS.

- YES, SIR.

THERE CAN BE NO DOUB CHAUVELIN KNOWS ABOUT ARMAND.

HE MUST BE WARNED.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS NOTE

TO LORD DEWHURST, AT ONCE.

TELL HIM TO GIVE IT TO

SIR ANDREW AT THE BALL,

AND THEN DESTROY IT.

[TRUMPETS SOUND ARRIVAL

OF THE PRINCE OF WALES]

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS,

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

SIR PERCIVAL BLAKENEY

AND LADY BLAKENEY.

- YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS.

- LADY GRANVILLE.

OF COURSE YOU KNOW

SIR PERCY AND LADY BLAKENEY,

LORD AND LADY GRANVILLE.

MY DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH

AND ALICE ELLEN.

CHARMING. REALLY,

QUITE CHARMING.

[CHUCKLING]

OH, CONTINUE, PLEASE CONTINUE.

AH, THE TWO LOVEBIRDS, AT LAST.

- COUNTESS.

- YES, YOU MUST HAVE SOME CHAMPAGNE.

ISN'T IT EXCITING!

ANDREW, HERE.

I SHALL EXPECT YOU TO DANCE

EVERY DANCE WITH ME.

I MUST PRESERVE AT LEAS ONE DANCE FOR HIM.

THANK YOU.

SINK ME, I'M FAR TOO EMBARRASSED.

IF YOU INSIST.

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

BY SIR PERCIVAL BLAKENEY, BARONET.

[SHOUTS OF BRAVO]

NO, NO, THAT'S JUST THE TITLE.

[LAUGHTER]

THEY SEEK HIM H'YERE.

THEY SEEK HIM THERE.

THOSE FRENCHIES:

SEEK HIM EVERYWHERE.

IS HE IN HEAVEN?

OR IS HE IN...HELL?

THAT DAMNED, ELUSIVE, PIMPERNEL.

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]

OH, THIS IS COMMENDABLE, PERCY.

IT REALLY IS MOST COMMENDABLE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT.

THE PRETTY THING RHYMES IN

FOUR PLACES, DON'T YOU SEE?

AND IF A RHYME RHYMES,

IT MAKES A POEM.

IF YOU FOLLOW ME.

AS IT WERE CRYSTAL CLEAR,

MY DEAR!

[LAUGHTER]

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS,

YOUR GRACES, MY LORDS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

PRAY TAKE YOUR PLACES

FOR THE MINUET.

LADY BLAKENEY,

WOULD YOU DO ME:

THE HONOR.

WITH YOUR PERMISSION.

DON'T FORGET MONSIEUR CHAUVELIN,

THE JIG IS MINE.

[GASPING] THE FRENCH ARE

SUCH SUPERB DANCERS. HEH, HEH.

HAVE YOU MADE:

YOUR DECISION?

YOU LEAVE ME LITTLE CHOICE.

WHAT DO YOU:

WANT ME TO DO?

YOUR FRIEND SIR ANDREW FFOULKES

HAS A NOTE TUCKED IN HIS SLEEVE.

FIND OUT WHAT IT SAYS.

BUT, HOW?

I LEAVE THAT TO YOUR

INGENUITY AS A CONSUMMATE ACTRESS.

YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY

SHOULD BE DANCING WITH HER

YOURSELF, MY DEAR FELLOW.

YOU'LL FORGIVE ME, SIR,

BUT I DO FIND THE MINUE

RATHER TEDIOUS.

IN THAT CASE, WHAT ABOU THAT GAME OF HAZARD

YOU PROMISED ME?

SPLENDID, BUT I MUS WARN YOU, SIR.

I DO FEEL DEVILISH

LUCKY TONIGHT.

DAMNATION, UH, HUH.

PRAY, TAKE YOUR PLACES

FOR THE ALLEMANDE.

YOU MUSTNT MONOPOLIZE HIM,

SUZANNE, OTHERWISE EVERYONE

WILL THINK YOU'RE

AFRAID HE'LL STRAY.

COME ALONG, ANDREW.

WHEW! OH!

AH.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

- [GASP]

- MARGUERITE!

I THINK IT'S JUST THE HEAT.

OH!

THANK YOU, ANDREW.

[SIGH]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME.

PERHAPS I'LL FETCH PERCY.

NO, DON'T LEAVE ME.

I ONLY NEED TO CLOSE

MY EYES FOR A MOMENT OR TWO.

[WHOOH]

[SIGH]

AHHHH.

HOW CLEVER OF YOU.

UM, ALMOST AS GOOD

AS A BURNT FEATHER FOR GIDDINESS.

[SIGH]

THERE!

I ALMOST FEEL:

BETTER ALREADY.

- OH, DEAR.

- OH!

LET ME DO IT.

THERE'S NO HARM DONE.

ONE MOMENT MORE, AND I MIGH HAVE KNOWN THE LADY'S NAME.

LADY?

OR A DUCHESS, PERHAPS?

FOR SHAME, ANDREW.

ENTERTAINING LOVE NOTES

FROM SECRET ADMIRERS

BEHIND SUZANNE'S BACK.

WHAT WILL SHE SAY?

THERE WAS ONLY A FRAGMEN LEFT BY TIME I GOT AT IT.

COULD YOU MAKE:

ANYTHING OUT?

IT SAID, 'WE LEAVE FOR

FRANCE TONIGHT.

MEET ME IN THE LIBRARY AT MIDNIGH FOR YOU INSTRUCTIONS.'

AND THE SIGNATURE?

HOW WAS IT SIGNED?

NOT SIGNED.

IT WAS ONLY THE SYMBOL

OF A SMALL FLOWER.

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

IN THE LIBRARY,

AT MIDNIGHT.

YOU'VE DONE WELL,

MY DEAR,

VERY WELL, INDEED.

REMARKABLE, HOW WE

COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.

BUT THEN WE ALWAYS DID.

SO THIS IS WHERE

YOU'RE HIDING.

YOU PROMISED ME:

THE NEXT JIG,

YOU NAUGHTY BOY.

FORGIVE ME, MY DEAR.

I SHALL RETURN HIM SHORTLY.

[CLOCK CHIMES]

[CREAKING SOUND]

WHO'S THERE?

DO NOT TURN AROUND.

YOU MUST NO TURN AROUND.

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

HOW DID YOU KNOW

I WAS HERE?

I TRICKED SIR ANDREW

AND READ YOUR NOTE.

WHY DID YOU COME?

TO WARN YOU.

CHAUVELIN KNOWS THAT YOU'LL

BE IN THIS ROOM AT MIDNIGHT.

YOU TOLD HIM?

I HAD TO.

TO SAVE MY BROTHER.

HE THREATENED TO HAVE

ARMAND ARRESTED UNLESS

I HELPED HIM TO DISCOVER

YOUR IDENTITY.

WHY ARE YOU DOING

THIS NOW?

BECAUSE I COULD NEVER LIVE

WITH MYSELF KNOWING

THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE

FOR YOUR DEATH.

WHAT IS ONE:

MORE LIFE TO YOU?

YOU ALREADY HAVE THE MARQUIS DE

ST. CYR AND HIS FAMILY TO YOUR CREDIT.

THAT'S NOT TRUE!

CHAUVELIN DECEIVED ME,

BECAUSE I SPURNED

HIM FOR ANOTHER.

HE MALICIOUSLY PUT MY NAME

ON THE ARREST WARRANT AS INFORMER.

I COULD NEVER HAVE SEN THE MARQUIS AND HIS FAMILY

TO THEIR DEATHS, ANYMORE

THAN I CAN NOW LET YOU DIE

BECAUSE OF ME.

IF THIS IS TRUE, YOU ARE

A VERY BRAVE WOMAN

FOR COMING HERE.

I'M A FOOL.

IF CHAUVELIN FOUNDS OUT,

IT COULD COST MY BROTHER'S LIFE.

NO HARM WILL EVER

COME TO YOUR BROTHER,

AS LONG AS I LIVE.

CAN I BELIEVE THAT?

I GIVE YOU...MY WORD.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHO YOU ARE.

WON'T YOU TELL ME?

A PHANTOM, MY LADY,

NOTHING MORE THAN A PHANTOM.

NO. YOU'RE VERY

REAL TO ME.

AS REAL AS LIFE ITSELF.

HOW STRONGLY CLOSE

YOU FEEL TO ME.

WE ARE SO NEAR,

I CAN FEEL YOUR WARMTH.

TOUCH ME,

SO THAT I MAY KNOW

THAT YOU ARE REAL.

[CLOCK STRIKES]

CHAUVELIN!

[CLOCK CHIMES 12]

HE MUST NO FIND YOU HERE.

QUICKLY.

THE WINDOW.

BUT, WHAT'S TO KEEP...

DAMN!

[SNORING]

PERCY!

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT WAS CHAUVELIN AFTER?

HE WAS LOOKING FOR

THE SCARLET PIMPENEL.

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