The Scarlet Pimpernel Page #8

I PRAY HE FOUND A FOOL.

BUT NOW WE MUST TAKE

GREATER CARE THAN EVER.

TONY, WE SAIL

FOR FRANCE TONIGHT.

ARMAND'S LIFE

IS IN DANGER.

BUT WHAT OF:

THE REST OF US?

I SHALL SEND WORD THE MOMEN IT IS SAFE FOR YOU TO JOIN US.

MY YACHT IS:

ANCHORED AT DOVER,

AND WE MUST SAIL

WITH THE TIDE.

UH, WHAT SHALL

I TELL MARGUERITE?

TELL HER I LOVE HER,

MORE THAN EVER.

PAUL, YOU'RE LEAVING.

DOES THAT MEN:

YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL?

I COULD NOT BE MORE

DELIGHTED, MY DEAR.

I SAIL TOMORROW FOR FRANCE,

WHERE I SHALL FINISH THE

SCARLET PIMPERNEL

ONCE AND FOR ALL.

DIDN'T YOU FIND OUT WHA YOU WANTED TO KNOW?

EVERYTHING.

OH, BY THE WAY, MY DEAR,

I FOUND THIS IN THE LIBRARY.

OH, CARELESS OF YOU

TO HAVE DROPPED IT.

PAUL, WHAT ABOU OUR BARGAIN?

OH, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR

BROTHER BACK ALIVE

ONLY WHEN I HAVE CAUGH THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL,

HERE OR IN FRANCE.

THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU

INTERFERE AGAIN.

CHIVERS!

WHERE'S SIR PERCY?

I MUST SPEAK TO:

HIM AT ONCE.

HE'S GONE, MY LADY.

GONE? WHERE TO?

THERE'S A NOTE FOR YOU

IN THE LIBRARY.

IN THE NORTH COUNTRY?

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?

HOW BIZARRE.

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

PERCY.

OH, GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE?

SHE MOLLYCODDLES THE BOY.

A PILLOW FOR HIS ROYAL HEAD.

SHOES FOR HIS ROYAL FEET!

NEXT SHE'LL BE TURNING OVER

THE CROWN TO THE LITTLE BRAT!

WHAT CAN YOU EXPEC FROM A WOMAN, CITIZEN ST. JUST?

HA, HA, SHE'S SOFT IN THE HEAD.

BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU MADAME

DUVAL IS AS TRUSTWORTHY

AS HER HUSBAND.

TRUSTWORTHY?

HA.

I'M NOT SO SURE EITHER

IS TRUSTWORTHY.

I HEAR THE MAN IS IN DEBT,

AND THAT MAKES HIM

RIPE FOR BRIBERY.

BRIBERY?

WELL, THOSE BENT ON

RESCUING THE BOY,

WOULD BE WILLING

TO PAY HANDSOMELY.

DUVAL AND HIS WIFE

WILL BE REPLACED

- AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

- COME ON.

VERY WISE.

DEATH, ROBBING MY EYES

OF LIGHT, WILL GIVE BACK TO THE SUN

IT'S UNTARNISHED PURITY!

[APPLAUSE AND CHEERS]

A WORD, MY FRIEND.

AH, WILL IT WAIT?

- MADEMOISELLE LONGET...

- I HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION,

THAT CHAUVELIN HAS SEN A SECRET COMMUNIQU

FROM LONDON CONCERNING YOU.

CONCERNING ME?

CHAUVELIN KNOWS THAT YOU

ARE IN LEAGUE WITH

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

I? IN LEAGUE WITH

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL?

OH, REALLY, BARON, SOMEONE

HAS BEEN TEASING YOU.

AH, YOU'RE PLAYING A VERY

DANGEROUS GAME,

MONSIEUR ARMAND ST. JUST.

NOW, WHY NOT TELL YOUR

SCARLET PIMPERNEL TO LEAVE

THE RESCUE OF THE DAUPHIN

TO THE FRENCH LOYALISTS?

AFTER ALL, THEY HAVE A

FAR MORE LEGITIMATE CLAIM

TO HIM THAN:

IF I KNEW THE IDENTITY

OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL,

AND I DO NOT,

HE WOULD LAUGH IN MY FACE.

HE MUST KNOW YOU WAN THE BOY FOR YOURSELF.

I?

SO THAT YOU CAN COLLEC THE GOLD THAT AWAITS

YOU IN VIENNA, WHEN YOU

DELIVER THE HEIR TO THE

FRENCH THRONE:

TO YOUR AUSTRIAN FRIENDS.

HM?

AND DID THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

TELL YOU THAT?

OF COURSE NOT.

HE'S NOT EVEN IN PARIS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

WORD OF WARNING, BARON.

AND NOW, IF YOU WILL

EXCUSE ME,

I DON'T LIKE TO KEEP

MADEMOISELLE LONGET WAITING.

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

OPEN, IN THE NAME

OF THE REPUBLIC.

THE VERY IDEA.

DISTURBING DECENT CITIZENS

WITH ALL THAT NOISE.

WHERE IS MADEMOISELLE LONGET?

WHERE ELSE WOULD SHE

BE AT HIS UNGODLY HOUR?

IN HER BOUDOIR.

WHY, IT'S ALFONSE PONCEAU!

FORGIVE ME MY DEAR,

BUT HE INSISTED.

THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT,

AUNT LULU.

MONSIEUR PONCEAU AND I

ARE OLD FRIENDS.

IT'S A TRIFLE EARLY FOR A

SOCIAL CALL, MONSIEUR.

THIS IS NOT A SOCIAL

CALL, MADEMOISELLE.

I AM HERE TO ARRES THE MAN IN YOUR BOUDOIR.

OH, THERE MUST BE

SOME MISTAKE.

HA, HA, ARREST!

CITIZEN ST. JUST!

THE WARRANT WAS SIGNED

BY CITIZEN CHAUVELIN, HIMSELF,

WHEN HE RETURNED FROM

LONDON THIS VERY MORNING.

HE MEANS TO ARREST HIS OWN

SUPERIOR? A MAN AS IMPORTANT AS

CITIZEN ROBESPIERRE?

SUPERIOR?

DID YOU SAY YOU WERE HERE

TO ARREST LOUIS ST. JUST?

LOUIS ST. JUST? I AM HERE

TO ARREST ARMAND ST. JUST.

SEE HERE.

OH, THAT EXPLAINS IT.

THE GENTLEMAN IN MY BOUDOIR

IS NOT ARMAND ST. JUST, BU LOUIS, HIS DISTINGUISHED COUSIN.

DID YOU SAY, THAT IN THAT ROOM

AT THIS MOMENT, SLEEPS ONE OF THE MOS

POWERFUL MEN IN FRANCE?

WELL, IF THAT IS THE PERSON

YOU WISH, SHALL I GO...

NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.

WHY DISTURB THE CITIZEN

IF HE'S ASLEEP. I'LL JUS LEAVE, QUIETLY.

NO NEED EVEN TO MENTION

THIS LITTLE INCIDENT.

SUCH A BUSY MAN. SO MANY

IMPORTANT THINGS ON HIS MIND.

PLEASE, [GASP], JUST PRETEND

I WAS HERE ON A MISUNDERSTANDING,

THAT IS ALL.

COME ALONG, YOU IDIOTS.

YOU WERE WONDERFUL.

WHEN HE REALIZES HIS MISTAKE

THEY'LL BE BACK.

YOU MUST LEAVE PARIS IMMEDIATELY.

NOT WITH A FEAR.

YOU'RE COMING WITH ME TO ENGLAND.

BE READY AT MIDDAY TOMORROW,

AND I'LL RETURN TO FETCH YOU THEN.

IT'S TOO DANGEROUS.

THEY'LL BE WATCHING THE HOUSE.

NOW GO!

NO. NOT THAT WAY.

THEY'LL BE WATCHING THE HOUSE.

USE THE ROOF.

TILL MIDDAY.

IMBECILE! LOUIS ST. JUS IS AS CELIBATE AS A MONK.

I DOUBT IF HE'S SLEPT WITH

HIS OWN WIFE IN TEN YEARS.

SHE'S TAKEN YOU FOR

THE FOOL YOU ARE.

I SHALL RETURN AT ONCE

AND MAKE THE ARREST.

OH, HE'S LONG GONE

BY NOW.

- BUT THE...

- I'LL HANDLE THIS MYSELF.

- BUT HE...

- PONCEAU

- BUT I REALLY...

- GET OUT!

[SIGH]

GO TO THE RESIDENCE

OF MADEMOISELLE LONGET,

INFORM ME THE MINUTE

ARMAND ST. JUST SHOWS HIS FACE.

ARMAND ST. JUST.

DUVAL, THE DAUPHIN'S JAILOR AND

HIS WIFE WILL BE REPLACED TOMORROW.

SO...AT LONG LAST,

WE CAN MAKE OUR MOVE.

THANKS TO YOU, MY DEAR ARMAND.

NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY.

THE BOY WILL BE BROUGH TO THE RENDEZVOUS POIN

OUTSIDE PARIS...HERE,

WHERE ARMAND WILL BE WAITING,

PRECISELY AT MIDDAY.

THE TIMING IS CRUCIAL.

ONE SLIP...AND WE CAN HAVE

HALF THE REVOLUTIONARY

FORCE OF FRANCE ON OUR HEELS.

FROM THERE, HE WILL BE

TAKEN TO THE TRANSFER POINT,

WHERE TONY WILL BE

WAITING WITH THE HORSES.

TONY TAKES HIM ON

TO MONT ST. PIERRE,

WHILST YOU RIDE:

ON TO CALAIS.

YOU BRING THE YACHT...

TO THE RENDEZVOUS POINT...HERE.

WHERE YOU WAIT,

ONLY UNTIL THE BOY

IS SAFELY ON BOARD,

AND THEN ON THE:

FIRST AVAILABLE TIDE

SAIL FOR ENGLAND.

WHERE YOU, MY DEAR ARMAND, MUST STAY.

IT IS NO LONGER SAFE FOR YOU IN PARIS.

UGH! IS IT SAFE FOR

ANY OF US?

YOU TOOK AN OATH OF

UNQUESTIONING OBEDIENCE

WHEN YOU JOINED US.

BUT I GAVE MY WORD TO LOUISE!

IT IS YOUR WORD TO THE

LEAGUE THAT CONCERNS ME NOW.

PERCY, LET ME GO BACK

AND BRING HER TO ENGLAND.

OUT OF THE QUESTION.

HOW CAN YOU BE:

SO UNFEELING?

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW

THE MEANING OF LOVE.

YOU MUST LEARN:

TO TRUST ME, MY FRIEND.

DO NOT TROUBLE YOU HEAD

WITH THOUGHTS OF LOUISE.

I WILL SEE:

THAT SHE IS SAFE.

WILL YOU BRING HER

BACK TO ENGLAND?

I GIVE YOU MY WORD.

[SIGH]

NOW. GET SOME REST.

BY THE WAY. YOU'RE WRONG

ABOUT MY NOT KNOWING

THE MEANING OF LOVE...

QUITE WRONG.

I SHOULD NEVER HAVE

ALLOWED YOU TO COME ALONG.

IT'S FAR TOO DANGEROUS.

I WOULD GLADLY FACE ANY

DANGER TO SAVE PERCY.

I LOVE HIM MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF.

I KNOW THAT NOW.

I CAN ONLY PRAY THA I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING.

HAD YOU HESITATED, HE WOULD

SURELY HAVE GONE TO THE GUILLOTINE.

LOOK, CALAIS.

WE'LL LAND MY NIGHTFALL.

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