The Scarlet Pimpernel Page #9

AREN'T YOU GOING TO STOP HIM?

NO.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

RIDE.

GIDDY-UP

TYRONE.

TYRONE!

TYRONE, TAKE CARE

OF THAT TRAY.

THAT BELONGED TO

MY GRANDMOTHER.

CITIZEN, CERONE, TO YOU, MATE.

THIS WAY.

WELL, THEY'RE NOW

WELCOME TO THE BRAT.

HUH, LET'S SEE HOW

LONG THE NEXT MAN LASTS.

COME ON, LET'S GET OUTTA HERE.

WHAT ABOUT THE RES OF OUR FURNITURE?

AH, THE LACKEY'L MANAGE.

YOU'VE GIVEN 'EM THE GATE PASS

AND THE ADDRESS?

UH, YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW.

RUE DE BECK ST. CLAIR...

NOW, YOU MAKE SURE

YOU GET THERE 'FORE DARK.

AW RIGHT, AW RIGHT.

HI! UP!

[HORSE WHINNY]

AS SOON AS THE LACKEY

HAS THE APARTMENT CLEAR,

YOU AND YOUR WIFE CAN

MOVE YOU THINGS IN, CITIZEN JOURNO.

WELL, MAKE WAY, THEN, MAKE WAY.

MADAME DUVAL'S PRECIOUS

CHINA, THIS IS, YEAH.

GIDDAP, THEN.

THESE WILL BE YOUR

QUARTERS,

AND IN HERE:

YOU'LL FIND THE BRAT.

I WARN YOU.

HE'S A HANDFUL.

YOU LEAVE HIM TO ME

AND MY MRS.

HE'LL TOE THE LINE,

HE WILL.

PAPERS.

THIS PASS IS SIGNED

BY CITIZEN FOUQUET.

THE GOVERNOR OF:

THE TEMPLE PRISON!

THE VERY SAME, SERGEANT.

THE VERY SAME.

RIGHT.

PASS!

GATES!

...SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

TO INFORM ME IF THERE'S

ANY CHANGE:

IN THE JAILORS.

ON MY WORD, CITIZEN.

HE WAS SLEEPING LIKE A BABE

THE LAST TIME I LOOKED IN.

JUST AS HE IS NOW.

LOOK FOR YOURSELF.

WHAT PROMPTED YOU

TO MAKE THIS SUDDEN CHANGE?

WELL, WHEN I RECEIVED

YOUR WARNING ABOUT DUVAL.

I GAVE NO WARNING.

ST. JUST.

OPEN THAT DOOR.

I SAID OPEN IT!

[KEYS JANGLE; DOOR OPENS]

UGH.

WOULD YOU LIKE:

TO SEE SOME MAGIC?

HUH?

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

WATCH THIS.

HAH. HAH.

UH HUH.

LET THAT BE A LESSON

TO YOU, SIR.

NEVER TAKE ANYONE

FOR GRANTED.

GATES!

CLEAR THE WAY!

DOWN ON THE FLOOR, SIR.

WE ARE IN FOR A RUN.

GIDDAP!

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

OH!

RIGHT. SPREAD OUT AND

SEARCH THE WOODS,

THEY CAN'T HAVE

GONE FAR.

THEY MUST HAVE:

CROSSED THE RIVER

SEARCH THE OTHER SIDE.

GOOD GOD, MAN,

HOLD YOU'RE FIRE!

PERCY.

I'VE HAD MY FAIR

SHARE FOR ONE DAY.

YOU MUST TAKE THE BOY

ON TO MONT ST. PIERRE.

FIND SOME WAY TO NOTIFY

THE CAPTAIN OF MY SHIP

THAT THE PLANS:

HAVE CHANGED.

MEANWHILE I'LL

RETURN TO PARIS.

MY DEAR CHAP, YOU CAN' POSSIBLY...

ARMAND DIDN'T ARRIVE.

HE MUST BE IN TROUBLE.

I CANNOT DESERT HIM NOW.

RIGHT, PERCY.

AND UP.

GOD SPEED, YOUR HIGHNESS.

[HORSE WHINNY]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

A GENTLEMAN ASKED

ME TO GIVE YOU THIS.

TELL HIM IT'S SAFE

TO COME IN.

SHE SAYS IT'S SAFE.

THANK YOU.

QUICKLY, MONSIEUR,

COME WITH ME.

IN THERE.

MADEMOISELLE LONGET.

PLEASE FORGIVE HIM,

SIR PERCY.

NO MATTER.

I TOO UNDERSTAND

THE STRENGTH OF LOVE.

[CLEARING THROAT]

GOOD DAY, SIR PERCY.

I REALIZED THAT YOUR

NOBLESSE OBLIGE WOULD NO

PERMIT YOU TO ABANDON

ONE OF YOUR MEN.

I'M SORRY, PERCY.

SINK ME,

IF YOU AREN'T RIGHT,

FOR A CHANGE.

BUT THEN, TWO NO ACCOUN FELLOWS LIKE US

IN EXCHANGE FOR:

ONE ROYAL PRINCE

WOULD SEEM TO BE

A FAIR EXCHANGE,

DON'T YOU THINK?

AMAZING, HOW A MERE LAD

CAN SLIP THROUGH YOUR

FINGERS SO EASILY.

HUH?

- I'LL WAGER, THERE'LL

BE THE DEVIL TO PAY,

WHEN YOUR COMMITTEE

OF NATIONAL SECURITY

DISCOVERS THAT HE LEF THE COUNTRY.

OH, HAS HE LEFT THE COUNTRY?

MY UNDERSTANDING WAS

THERE WAS SOME PROBLEM

IN GETTING AWAY.

NO. NO. NO. IT'S DONE LIKE THIS.

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!

VERY FOOLISH, SIR PERCY.

GAD, SIR, NOBLESS OBLIGE.

[DOOR OPENS]

LADY BLAKENEY.

WHAT A DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE.

I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT.

I HAD HEARD, UNOFFICIALLY

OF COURSE, THAT YOU WERE IN PARIS.

PLEASE, WON'T YOU TAKE A SEAT?

I SHALL MAKE THIS BRIEF.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND.

THIS IS A PETITION OF CLEMENCY,

SIGNED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES.

NO, UNLESS YOU WISH ME TO

TAKE IT TO ROBESPIERRE, HIMSELF.

I DEMAND THAT YOU LE ME SEE MY HUSBAND AT ONCE.

[SIGH]

THERE'S NO NEED FOR ALL THAT.

YOU HAD BUT TO ASK.

YOU HAVE A VISITOR.

MARGUERITE.

HELLO, SIR PERCY.

TWO MINUTES.

REMEMBER MY CONDITIONS.

[DOOR CLOSES

AND LOCKS]

OH, MY DARLING!

HOW I PRAYED:

YOU WOULD COME.

MY DARLING, CAN YOU EVER

FORGIVE ME FOR DOUBTING YOU?

OH, IT IS I WHO MUS BEG YOUR FORGIVENESS.

CHAUVELIN SAYS HE WILL

RELEASE YOU IF YOU

TELL HIM THE DAUPHIN'S

WHEREABOUTS.

IF NOT...

OH, PERCY, I COULDN'T BEAR

TO LOSE YOU NOW.

YOU KNEW THE NEXT FEW

DAYS WILL BE THE WORS

POSSIBLE, DON'T YOU?

TELL THEM.

TELL THEM WHAT THEY

WANT TO KNOW.

MY DARLING, I CANNOT.

YOU MUST NOT ASK ME.

THEN WE MUST FIND A WAY

TO GET YOU OUT OF

THIS DREADFUL PLACE.

THERE MAY BE A WAY.

NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME

TO REPEAT ANYTHING.

THE LIFE OF THE DAUPHIN

AND ALL MY MEN MAY DEPEND

ON YOUR ABILITY TO

EXECUTE MY ORDERS

TO THE LETTER.

QUICKLY, PUT THIS ON.

YOU WILL NEED IT IN ORDER

TO CARRY OUT MY INSTRUCTIONS.

WHO WOULD HAVE IMAGINED

THAT ONE DAY I WOULD BE

IN LEAGUE WITH THE

SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

I WAS SO SURE HE WANTED

THE BOY FOR ENGLAND.

HE WANTS THE BOY TO LIVE.

AND YOU ARE NOW THE

ONLY GUARANTEE OF THAT.

THESE ORDERS WILL RELEASE

THE DAUPHIN TO YOUR CUSTODY.

DELIVER THEM TO LORD

ANTHONY DEWHURST,

AT THE ISLAND FORTRESS

OF MONT ST. PIERRE.

AFTER THAT, YOU HAVE

UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHTFALL

TO GET THE BOY:

ACROSS THE BORDER.

HUH, BUT, I NEED MORE

TIME THAN THAT.

THERE ARE ARRANGEMENTS TO BE MADE.

THE DRIVE'S LONG AND HOT.

TOMORROW AT NIGHTFALL.

I CAN OFFER YOU NO MORE.

[DOOR CLOSES]

AT LAST YOU'RE TALKING SENSE.

ONE CONDITION,

MY DEAR CHAUVELIN.

MY WIFE, HER BROTHER AND

ALL MY MEN MUST BE

GUARANTEED SAFE CONDUC BACK TO ENGLAND.

AS SOON AS:

I HAVE THE BOY.

WHERE IS HE?

I'M AFRAID I CANNO TELL YOU THAT.

I MUST LEAD YOU TO

HIM PERSONALLY.

MY MEN WILL ONLY RELEASE

HIM IN EXCHANGE FOR ME.

AGREED.

A LITTLE MATTER:

OF LOYALTY, YOU UNDERSTAND.

OF COURSE.

ONE OTHER MATTER.

A CHANGE OF LINEN, PERHAPS.

HE TAKES YOU FOR

A FOOL, CHAUVELIN.

MY DEAR FOUQUET, IF I BECOMES INEVITABLE

THAT I SHOULD TAKE

A RIDE ON THE TUMBREL

I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I

INTEND TO GO PROPERLY DRESSED.

HE CAN SCHEME:

ALL HE LIKES.

GUARD!

[DOOR OPENS]

HOSTAGES?

HOW NOBLE YOU ARE.

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY

ONE TO SCHEME, SIR PERCY.

YOU AND I WILL TRAVEL TOGETHER.

THEY WILL FOLLOW IN THE COACH BEHIND.

ANY TRICKERY, MY FRIEND,

AND THEY DIE.

ALL I ASK IS,

THAT YOU LEAD ME TO THE BOY.

BARON DE BATZ, MY LORD.

LOUIS!

YOUR HIGHNESS,

THIS GENTLEMAN IS

THE BARON DE BATZ.

HE'S GOING TO TAKE

ACROSS THE NORTHERN FRONTIER

AND FROM THERE:

INTO AUSTRIA.

YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS.

YOU HAVE MANY FRIENDS

IN MY COUNTRY,

WHO WILL HELP YOU TO

RECLAIM THE THRONE

WHICH HAS BEEN SO

CRUELLY DENIED YOU.

COME.

I WISH YOU BOTH:

A SAFE JOURNEY.

GODSPEED!

CITIZEN!

TAKE HALF YOU MEN AND GO ON AHEAD.

SIGNAL IF ALL IS WELL

YES, CITIZEN.

YOU MEN, FOLLOW ME.

TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

THE DAUPHIN AND:

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

MY SEAT ON THE COMMITTEE

OF NATIONAL SECURITY IS ASSURED.

THANKS TO YOUR PRIMITIVE

SENSE OF NOBLESS OBLIGE.

PRIMITIVE? MY DEAR CHAUVELIN.

I SHALL TAKE IT ANY DAY

OVER YOUR NEW ORDER.

A SIGNAL FROM THE FORTRESS,

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