1 00:01:55,113 --> 00:01:57,542 Old guard, present arms! 2 00:02:20,123 --> 00:02:21,337 New guard... 3 00:02:21,647 --> 00:02:22,830 Halt! 4 00:02:26,506 --> 00:02:27,506 New guard... 5 00:02:27,649 --> 00:02:28,561 Left... 6 00:02:28,831 --> 00:02:29,918 Turn! 7 00:02:31,165 --> 00:02:32,522 New guard... 8 00:02:32,906 --> 00:02:34,993 Slow... march! 9 00:02:36,173 --> 00:02:38,451 New guard... halt! 10 00:02:40,940 --> 00:02:44,412 New guard... present... arms! 11 00:02:55,389 --> 00:02:58,143 Old guard... shoulder... arms! 12 00:02:59,108 --> 00:03:01,973 New guard... shoulder... arms! 13 00:03:03,389 --> 00:03:06,397 Old guard... order... arms! 14 00:03:06,710 --> 00:03:09,115 New guard... stand at... 15 00:03:09,472 --> 00:03:10,495 Ease! 16 00:03:14,831 --> 00:03:16,482 Look! The Prince! 17 00:03:25,405 --> 00:03:26,873 Fine body of men, the guards... 18 00:03:26,899 --> 00:03:28,413 And no soldier in the world like them. 19 00:03:28,454 --> 00:03:29,628 By gad, you're right, sir! 20 00:03:29,654 --> 00:03:32,383 Beer and beef, that's the stuff that makes soldiers. 21 00:03:32,409 --> 00:03:34,664 Besides, it gives a man... a figure 22 00:03:38,559 --> 00:03:40,575 Have you seen today's "Times" sir? 23 00:03:40,686 --> 00:03:41,694 No William. 24 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,357 - The news from Paris. - Yes. 25 00:03:43,737 --> 00:03:45,986 Over 50 people guillotined in one day. 26 00:03:46,101 --> 00:03:48,069 Damnable, useless cruelty. 27 00:03:48,103 --> 00:03:51,280 Well, what can you expect from foreigners with no sporting instinct? 28 00:03:51,313 --> 00:03:53,756 Gad, if it wasn't for our fox hunting and our pheasant shooting... 29 00:03:53,782 --> 00:03:55,562 I dare say we should be cruel too. 30 00:03:56,072 --> 00:03:58,738 Let's hope the scarlet Pimpernel will save some of the rest. 31 00:03:58,768 --> 00:04:00,927 - Do you know who he is, sir? - No. 32 00:04:01,256 --> 00:04:03,340 But I confess, I feel a little prouder... 33 00:04:03,607 --> 00:04:05,409 When I remember that he is an Englishman. 34 00:04:05,475 --> 00:04:06,477 Whoever he is... 35 00:04:06,581 --> 00:04:08,312 He'll have his work cut out in Paris. 36 00:04:04,912 --> 00:04:06,324 Did you read this, sir? 37 00:05:47,485 --> 00:05:49,723 There they go again. It's always the same. 38 00:05:49,749 --> 00:05:52,114 The drums roll, the knife falls... 39 00:05:52,157 --> 00:05:55,150 And another aristocrat parts company with his head. 40 00:05:55,943 --> 00:05:57,349 Very monotonous. 41 00:05:57,566 --> 00:06:00,066 And so clumsy, that great ugly machine. 42 00:06:01,723 --> 00:06:04,453 When all they need is a sharper razor. 43 00:06:05,012 --> 00:06:06,520 A quick wrist and flick! 44 00:06:06,605 --> 00:06:07,539 Here, steady! 45 00:06:07,565 --> 00:06:09,185 Ho-ho, you're all right, partner. 46 00:06:10,082 --> 00:06:12,606 I wish they'd give me a few aristocrats to shave. 47 00:06:12,832 --> 00:06:13,732 Eh, Jacques? 48 00:06:13,785 --> 00:06:15,587 Then we should see some sport. 49 00:06:15,613 --> 00:06:16,587 And you would! 50 00:06:16,613 --> 00:06:18,772 When you see me dealing with the Scarlet Pimpernel. 51 00:06:18,805 --> 00:06:20,803 - The what? - The Scarlet Pimpernel! 52 00:06:21,024 --> 00:06:22,531 Haven't you heard? 53 00:06:22,836 --> 00:06:26,939 There's a band of Englishmen helping these cursed aristos out of the country. 54 00:06:27,327 --> 00:06:30,605 Their chief is the only man who ever cheated Madame Guillotine. 55 00:06:32,441 --> 00:06:34,966 He's known by the title of the Scarlet Pimpernel. 56 00:06:35,337 --> 00:06:36,624 Who is he? 57 00:06:36,702 --> 00:06:38,441 Oh... that's the mystery. 58 00:07:17,587 --> 00:07:19,610 So you're a farmer from Nordesque, are you? 59 00:07:19,832 --> 00:07:20,848 Yes, sir. 60 00:07:31,272 --> 00:07:35,290 You thought you could fool me with a disguise like that! 61 00:07:35,835 --> 00:07:38,430 Well, I'll keep this wig of yours... 62 00:07:38,567 --> 00:07:41,694 Because after tomorrow you won't have a head to put it on! 63 00:07:43,155 --> 00:07:45,808 And I shall be delighted to visit Madame Guillotine... 64 00:07:45,834 --> 00:07:50,359 And make the acquaintance of the only decent person left in France. 65 00:07:50,844 --> 00:07:53,907 Captain, I say "Death to the Republic... 66 00:07:53,933 --> 00:07:55,423 and long live the King!" 67 00:07:55,449 --> 00:07:56,981 Take him away! 68 00:08:02,898 --> 00:08:04,208 Stupid fool! 69 00:08:04,957 --> 00:08:07,830 That makes the third aristocrat I've caught this week. 70 00:08:09,426 --> 00:08:12,030 I can smell 'em through any disguise. 71 00:08:44,396 --> 00:08:46,349 Thank heaven for the game of chess. 72 00:08:46,741 --> 00:08:50,193 It enables us to forget the more disagreeable realities of life. 73 00:08:50,839 --> 00:08:52,815 I'm not so sure it is a good thing. 74 00:08:53,031 --> 00:08:55,964 We've been too detached from reality all our lives. 75 00:08:56,328 --> 00:08:57,923 That's what caused the revolution. 76 00:08:58,117 --> 00:09:00,196 - Possibly. - Undoubtedly! 77 00:09:00,276 --> 00:09:03,514 If we'd only had eyes to see our own follies, we shouldn't be here now... 78 00:09:03,844 --> 00:09:05,259 Waiting to be shaved... 79 00:09:05,439 --> 00:09:06,947 By the national razor. 80 00:09:08,919 --> 00:09:10,522 Which is the Count de Tournay? 81 00:09:10,916 --> 00:09:12,519 I am the Count de Tournay's daughter. 82 00:09:12,993 --> 00:09:14,922 My father is over there playing the chess. 83 00:09:15,706 --> 00:09:16,770 This is my mother. 84 00:09:22,274 --> 00:09:23,757 The Count de Tournay? 85 00:09:27,965 --> 00:09:29,886 If you will look at the passage I have marked... 86 00:09:29,985 --> 00:09:31,455 Your spirits will be uplifted. 87 00:09:31,481 --> 00:09:33,441 We are not afraid to die, Father. 88 00:09:33,742 --> 00:09:36,274 Even so, it is sometimes better to live. 89 00:09:55,296 --> 00:09:57,358 - How many, Captain? - Sixty-four. 90 00:09:57,408 --> 00:10:00,377 Robespierre gives Madame Guillotine extra fodder today. 91 00:10:03,986 --> 00:10:05,946 The former Duc de Tours. 92 00:10:06,870 --> 00:10:09,077 The former Abbé de Saint Preux. 93 00:10:09,594 --> 00:10:12,102 The former Count and Countess de Larnai. 94 00:10:13,066 --> 00:10:14,836 The former Madame de Nijon. 95 00:10:15,317 --> 00:10:17,301 The former Count d'Eterais. 96 00:10:17,994 --> 00:10:20,549 The former Marquis de Jouvence and family. 97 00:10:21,669 --> 00:10:23,963 The former Marquis de Robeaupier. 98 00:10:24,528 --> 00:10:26,439 The two Countesses Herret. 99 00:10:27,369 --> 00:10:29,568 The former Mademoiselle de Bournard. 100 00:10:30,482 --> 00:10:33,455 The two former Duchesses Passy and Boniveaux. 101 00:10:34,954 --> 00:10:36,779 The former Marquis de Marais. 102 00:10:37,718 --> 00:10:40,131 The former Count de Tournay and family. 103 00:10:42,820 --> 00:10:44,925 The former Countess de Cherainville. 104 00:10:45,721 --> 00:10:47,531 The former Madame de Piccard. 105 00:10:47,961 --> 00:10:48,890 Come. 106 00:10:49,269 --> 00:10:51,110 The former Count d'Arblai. 107 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,558 - Are you de Tournay? - I am. 108 00:11:13,701 --> 00:11:16,745 You are remanded. Citizen Robespierre wants to see you. 109 00:11:16,858 --> 00:11:18,954 - Thank God! - The rest of you, get on! 110 00:11:19,001 --> 00:11:20,005 Take him inside! 111 00:11:20,031 --> 00:11:21,683 Come on! Come on! 112 00:11:47,727 --> 00:11:49,089 Get out of the way! 113 00:11:49,547 --> 00:11:50,642 Get out! 114 00:11:52,406 --> 00:11:54,517 You must have courage, Suzanne. 115 00:11:56,684 --> 00:11:57,907 Remember... 116 00:11:57,933 --> 00:12:00,291 The Scarlet Pimpernel is waiting to save us. 117 00:12:00,317 --> 00:12:02,397 He's never failed to keep his promise. 118 00:12:04,896 --> 00:12:06,509 But it's too late! 119 00:12:20,101 --> 00:12:22,462 Long live the King of France! 120 00:12:25,927 --> 00:12:28,068 Long live the King of France! 121 00:13:19,178 --> 00:13:21,004 Look at me whip, me hearties. 122 00:13:21,141 --> 00:13:22,355 Look at it! 123 00:13:22,396 --> 00:13:24,549 Three and twenty locks of hair in it. 124 00:13:24,698 --> 00:13:26,306 There they are... There's... 125 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:28,508 There's the Duc de Rouilly. 126 00:13:28,805 --> 00:13:31,036 There's his handsome wife, the Duchess. 127 00:13:31,422 --> 00:13:33,296 And here's the hair of her lover... 128 00:13:33,399 --> 00:13:35,958 - The handsome... - Where's your passport, hag? 129 00:13:36,255 --> 00:13:38,260 He takes me for an aristocrat. 130 00:13:41,585 --> 00:13:43,048 Well, you're right, Captain. 131 00:13:43,151 --> 00:13:44,985 Can't be too careful, can you? 132 00:13:45,337 --> 00:13:48,043 No, you can't be too... Here, here's me passport. 133 00:13:51,587 --> 00:13:54,730 This says "Citizeness Renard and grandson." 134 00:13:55,245 --> 00:13:56,452 Where's the grandson? 135 00:13:56,677 --> 00:13:58,383 He's in the cart, poor darling. 136 00:13:58,409 --> 00:14:00,314 Yes? What's the matter with him? 137 00:14:00,365 --> 00:14:01,876 He's got the plague. 138 00:14:03,363 --> 00:14:05,672 - The horrible black plague. - Plague? 139 00:14:05,698 --> 00:14:06,904 Yes. 140 00:14:07,115 --> 00:14:10,242 I don't think I shall get him alive as far as Chambois. 141 00:14:10,956 --> 00:14:13,393 Give me... give me a light from your pipe, will you Captain? 142 00:14:13,419 --> 00:14:14,862 Keep away from me with your plague! 143 00:14:14,888 --> 00:14:16,000 Get out of here, quick! 144 00:14:16,026 --> 00:14:17,788 And when you come back, try to pass another gate. 145 00:14:17,814 --> 00:14:19,471 For you won't pass through this one again! 146 00:14:19,497 --> 00:14:21,423 You are right, Captain. You are right. 147 00:14:21,466 --> 00:14:24,422 But I'll be back... somehow. 148 00:14:47,473 --> 00:14:49,568 - Who's in charge here? - I am. 149 00:14:49,912 --> 00:14:52,186 An old hag of a woman will pass this way in a cart. 150 00:14:52,239 --> 00:14:54,169 You are to stop her, and arrest her. 151 00:14:54,528 --> 00:14:56,396 Did you say an old hag? 152 00:14:56,839 --> 00:14:57,855 You heard me. 153 00:14:58,121 --> 00:15:00,590 But, but she passed through here some time ago. 154 00:15:00,654 --> 00:15:03,132 - Her passport was... - You miserable fool! 155 00:15:03,183 --> 00:15:05,761 You blundering idiot! Did you search the cart? 156 00:15:06,230 --> 00:15:09,813 No, no, I... her grandson was inside with the plague. 157 00:15:09,868 --> 00:15:13,227 - Would you expect me to expose... - You were expected to use your brains! 158 00:15:13,531 --> 00:15:15,127 Now I see you haven't any! 159 00:15:15,175 --> 00:15:19,093 That sick grandson was really three aristocrats snatched from the guillotine! 160 00:15:19,451 --> 00:15:21,141 Ten thousand hells! 161 00:15:21,528 --> 00:15:23,155 And the old hag, who was she? 162 00:15:23,234 --> 00:15:25,529 The old hag, my clever Captain... 163 00:15:25,701 --> 00:15:28,340 Was that cursed Englishman, the Scarlet Pimpernel. 164 00:15:29,039 --> 00:15:31,658 - Forward, we'll catch him this time! - Open the gates! 165 00:16:37,759 --> 00:16:38,870 What's that? 166 00:16:39,473 --> 00:16:40,393 What? 167 00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:44,887 Sounds like a troop of horsemen. 168 00:16:48,265 --> 00:16:49,725 We're being pursued! 169 00:17:15,532 --> 00:17:17,539 Don't be frightened, Ladies. You are among friends. 170 00:17:17,565 --> 00:17:20,509 - But this soldiers? - My friends, Mademoiselle, and yours. 171 00:17:20,536 --> 00:17:22,161 Are you the Scarlet Pimpernel? 172 00:17:22,187 --> 00:17:24,625 I am only a humble instrument in the hands of our great leader. 173 00:17:24,651 --> 00:17:26,507 - How many are you? - Twenty, madam. 174 00:17:26,533 --> 00:17:28,136 One to command, nineteen to obey. 175 00:17:28,162 --> 00:17:30,868 - Shall we see your leader? - I'm sorry, I must ask you to hurry. 176 00:18:04,243 --> 00:18:06,321 - Where's de Tournay? - Taken back into prison. 177 00:18:06,347 --> 00:18:07,498 - Why? - We don't know. 178 00:18:07,524 --> 00:18:08,968 So we have to come back and take him. 179 00:18:09,224 --> 00:18:11,145 - How are things at Calais? - Lawson's there. 180 00:18:11,171 --> 00:18:12,944 - And Ashurst? - He hadn't arrived when we left. 181 00:18:12,970 --> 00:18:13,674 Oh hadn't he? 182 00:18:13,700 --> 00:18:15,309 His time sense is defective... that's twice. 183 00:18:15,351 --> 00:18:16,446 They may have arrested him. 184 00:18:16,472 --> 00:18:18,303 They're very careful at the Channel ports nowadays. 185 00:18:18,329 --> 00:18:20,194 My order to you is that you're not to be arrested. 186 00:18:20,220 --> 00:18:21,808 And I expect my orders to be obeyed. 187 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:22,939 Yes Percy. 188 00:18:23,425 --> 00:18:25,044 You, Wilmot and Grant go back to Paris. 189 00:18:25,070 --> 00:18:26,517 My brother-in-law will follow you there. 190 00:18:27,127 --> 00:18:29,308 All three of you will get your next instructions from Quentin. 191 00:18:29,378 --> 00:18:30,816 Well, goodbye. 192 00:18:30,865 --> 00:18:32,485 And remember... don't get caught. 193 00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:33,796 - Right. - Right. 194 00:18:33,882 --> 00:18:35,578 - Good luck! - Goodbye. 195 00:18:35,612 --> 00:18:36,739 Go! 196 00:18:39,871 --> 00:18:40,942 Giddap! 197 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:54,903 Well... 198 00:18:55,898 --> 00:18:57,628 Why did they keep de Tournay back? 199 00:18:57,654 --> 00:18:59,640 Because Robespierre wanted to see him. 200 00:18:59,743 --> 00:19:02,546 And Robespierre wants to see him because the Ambassador of the Republic, 201 00:19:02,572 --> 00:19:03,723 has come over from London. 202 00:19:03,763 --> 00:19:04,820 Chauvelin? 203 00:19:04,852 --> 00:19:05,726 Why? 204 00:19:05,752 --> 00:19:07,457 All in your honor, Percy. 205 00:19:07,488 --> 00:19:10,183 Your work is becoming even more dangerous than it was. 206 00:19:10,209 --> 00:19:11,675 Our work, Armand. 207 00:19:13,220 --> 00:19:14,633 You go back to Paris at once. 208 00:19:15,225 --> 00:19:17,257 Find out everything you can about Chauvelin 209 00:19:17,394 --> 00:19:19,081 If he goes to London, you go too. 210 00:19:20,261 --> 00:19:22,047 Our most dangerous enemy... 211 00:19:22,517 --> 00:19:24,104 Is citizen Chauvelin. 212 00:19:37,502 --> 00:19:38,732 Citizen Chauvelin. 213 00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:39,939 Citizen Chauvelin! 214 00:19:43,697 --> 00:19:45,808 My dear Chauvelin, I'm very sorry that I have to ask you 215 00:19:45,848 --> 00:19:47,840 to undertake the journey to London. 216 00:19:48,195 --> 00:19:51,489 But this matter of the Scarlet Pimpernel has become a national menace. 217 00:19:53,949 --> 00:19:55,561 How can you expect me to detect him 218 00:19:55,587 --> 00:19:57,165 in a country that hates us like the devil 219 00:19:57,191 --> 00:19:58,770 and puts every obstacle in my way? 220 00:19:58,796 --> 00:20:00,859 We expect you to overcome obstacles 221 00:20:01,228 --> 00:20:03,022 like our generals in the field. 222 00:20:03,382 --> 00:20:06,152 They know that to lose the battle means the guillotine. 223 00:20:06,879 --> 00:20:08,315 Have you any plans? 224 00:20:09,971 --> 00:20:11,042 Naturally. 225 00:20:11,996 --> 00:20:14,830 We may assume that the Scarlet Pimpernel and his gang... 226 00:20:14,893 --> 00:20:16,154 speaks perfect French. 227 00:20:17,028 --> 00:20:19,395 They belong therefore to a class that has been brought up 228 00:20:19,421 --> 00:20:21,246 by French nurses and French tutors. 229 00:20:21,407 --> 00:20:22,752 So far not bad. 230 00:20:23,329 --> 00:20:25,202 I have a list of all the likely names. 231 00:20:25,799 --> 00:20:27,403 I have them watched day and night. 232 00:20:27,453 --> 00:20:29,326 Sooner or later, I'll draw the net. 233 00:20:29,495 --> 00:20:31,575 You think de Tournay might be useful? 234 00:20:31,807 --> 00:20:32,890 Possibly. 235 00:20:37,454 --> 00:20:38,493 De Tournay, 236 00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:46,153 the former Count de Tournay 237 00:20:46,216 --> 00:20:49,128 Former Ambassador to the former King of France in London. 238 00:20:49,499 --> 00:20:50,774 Citizen Chauvelin 239 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,134 Ambassador of the French Republic in London. 240 00:20:53,477 --> 00:20:55,223 De Tournay, I want to make you an offer. 241 00:20:56,059 --> 00:20:57,487 We offer you your life. 242 00:20:58,594 --> 00:21:00,205 All we ask in return... 243 00:21:00,247 --> 00:21:02,789 is that you merely get in touch with your many English friends... 244 00:21:02,810 --> 00:21:04,335 and soon you will be able to tell us 245 00:21:04,361 --> 00:21:07,025 who is the man known as the Scarlet Pimpernel. 246 00:21:07,074 --> 00:21:08,860 You want me to be a spy? 247 00:21:09,196 --> 00:21:12,021 You have been too long in politics not to be a realist. 248 00:21:12,282 --> 00:21:14,091 A little piece of information... 249 00:21:14,313 --> 00:21:15,486 we give you your life. 250 00:21:15,512 --> 00:21:16,916 God gave me my life... 251 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:19,298 He will take it away as soon as it pleases Him. 252 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,826 And now my family has gone to the guillotine... 253 00:21:22,854 --> 00:21:24,435 My one wish is to follow. 254 00:21:26,909 --> 00:21:30,271 Would it alter your outlook to hear that your family is alive? 255 00:21:30,354 --> 00:21:31,695 Don't trifle with me. 256 00:21:31,738 --> 00:21:34,823 I sent them to the guillotine for the future happiness of the human race... 257 00:21:34,916 --> 00:21:36,349 But I do not allow torture. 258 00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:37,309 Where are they? 259 00:21:37,365 --> 00:21:39,556 I saw them being dragged towards the tumbrel. 260 00:21:39,708 --> 00:21:40,959 On their way to the guillotine 261 00:21:40,985 --> 00:21:43,085 the band of the Scarlet Pimpernel snatched them away. 262 00:21:43,111 --> 00:21:44,262 Where are they? 263 00:21:44,288 --> 00:21:46,622 Probably in England by this time. 264 00:21:56,253 --> 00:21:58,801 To His Majesty King George III. 265 00:21:59,023 --> 00:22:02,331 God bless him for his hospitality to us poor exiles. 266 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:06,615 To King Louis of France... 267 00:22:06,817 --> 00:22:08,491 May God protect him. 268 00:22:12,483 --> 00:22:14,062 And to your husband, madam. 269 00:22:14,704 --> 00:22:16,752 I hope the Scarlet Pimpernel and you gentlemen 270 00:22:16,785 --> 00:22:18,547 will rescue him, as you did us. 271 00:22:19,310 --> 00:22:20,762 The Scarlet Pimpernel... 272 00:22:21,298 --> 00:22:23,401 What a droll name... What does it mean? 273 00:22:23,427 --> 00:22:25,618 It is a humble wayside flower, mademoiselle. 274 00:22:26,003 --> 00:22:29,066 And it hides the identity of the best and bravest man in all the world. 275 00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:31,490 Do you know, Sir Andrew, my best friend in London 276 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:32,722 Marguerite St. Just? 277 00:22:32,748 --> 00:22:34,272 Suzanne, how often am I to tell you 278 00:22:34,298 --> 00:22:36,766 I will not have that woman's name mentioned in my presence. 279 00:22:36,792 --> 00:22:39,127 But mother, you can't believe that dreadful story. 280 00:22:39,157 --> 00:22:41,174 - What story? - It's the truth. 281 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:42,402 Marguerite St. Just... 282 00:22:42,451 --> 00:22:45,568 Denounced the Marquis de St. Cyr and his family to the tribunal. 283 00:22:45,688 --> 00:22:47,404 They all went to the guillotine. 284 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:50,104 - Marguerite St. Just? - Yes. 285 00:22:50,525 --> 00:22:52,058 She married an Englishman. 286 00:22:52,256 --> 00:22:53,458 Do you know her? 287 00:22:53,484 --> 00:22:54,868 Know her? 288 00:22:55,084 --> 00:22:57,390 Everybody in London knows Lady Blakeney. 289 00:23:13,411 --> 00:23:16,086 Lady Blakeney, have you something in your mouth? 290 00:23:17,890 --> 00:23:19,527 Not now, Mr. Romney. 291 00:23:19,614 --> 00:23:22,005 I can't do justice to that lovely face 292 00:23:22,038 --> 00:23:23,776 when it's all bulged out with bonbon. 293 00:23:23,811 --> 00:23:25,953 You may talk if you like, but no bonbon! 294 00:23:26,361 --> 00:23:28,312 And no gestures, please! 295 00:23:29,462 --> 00:23:30,791 All right, Mr. Romney. 296 00:23:34,427 --> 00:23:37,759 I'll tell you what it is about the Pimpernel that tantalizes me so. 297 00:23:37,910 --> 00:23:39,747 It is his insufferable modesty. 298 00:23:39,872 --> 00:23:41,310 There's no excuse for it! 299 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,599 It's maddening to think that somewhere there's a man as marvelous as that. 300 00:23:44,635 --> 00:23:45,928 And we never see him! 301 00:23:45,954 --> 00:23:47,580 He is of no use to us whatever! 302 00:23:47,606 --> 00:23:50,464 Lady Blakeney, I said no gestures, please! 303 00:23:50,492 --> 00:23:53,118 Oh, you must remember that I am a French woman... 304 00:23:53,152 --> 00:23:55,628 and when I talk I must use these as well as this. 305 00:24:04,362 --> 00:24:06,521 The de Tournay family arrived in Dover today. 306 00:24:06,547 --> 00:24:08,008 All except the father. 307 00:24:08,085 --> 00:24:09,640 We have to go back for him. 308 00:24:09,979 --> 00:24:12,090 It's going to be devilish awkward after what's happened. 309 00:24:12,214 --> 00:24:14,476 Well I'll go. So will Hastings if you'll let us. 310 00:24:14,519 --> 00:24:16,210 We will all go if it comes to that. 311 00:24:16,284 --> 00:24:18,062 But even so, we're only 20. 312 00:24:18,191 --> 00:24:20,302 Yesterday, 30 people went to the guillotine. 313 00:24:20,384 --> 00:24:22,360 Are you trying to suggest that there aren't enough of us? 314 00:24:22,386 --> 00:24:23,754 Perhaps that there isn't a decent Englishman 315 00:24:23,836 --> 00:24:25,394 that wouldn't be proud to join us. 316 00:24:25,439 --> 00:24:27,897 We could be 500, a thousand within a week. 317 00:24:28,020 --> 00:24:31,004 And within another week everyone of us would be a marked man. 318 00:24:31,547 --> 00:24:33,796 We shouldn't be able to rescue a single soul. 319 00:24:34,748 --> 00:24:36,349 Mere force is useless against people 320 00:24:36,375 --> 00:24:38,010 who are neither cowards nor fools. 321 00:24:38,096 --> 00:24:39,977 We must match courage with courage... 322 00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:43,081 and cunning with still greater cunning if we're going to do anything at all. 323 00:24:43,298 --> 00:24:45,155 We are all willing to give our lives. 324 00:24:45,262 --> 00:24:46,746 But we must do more than that. 325 00:24:46,912 --> 00:24:48,626 We must mask our identities... 326 00:24:48,827 --> 00:24:50,645 Suffer the humiliation of being taken 327 00:24:50,671 --> 00:24:54,034 for fops, fools, nitwits... cowards 328 00:24:54,612 --> 00:24:57,755 So many people die every day that could be saved. 329 00:24:57,798 --> 00:24:59,409 You think I don't feel that? 330 00:24:59,716 --> 00:25:02,280 You think I like sitting there in the shadow of the knife... 331 00:25:02,448 --> 00:25:04,437 while one head falls after another? 332 00:25:04,518 --> 00:25:06,248 People I know and love. 333 00:25:06,299 --> 00:25:08,315 Innocent people... kindly people... 334 00:25:08,599 --> 00:25:10,202 Herded like sheep... 335 00:25:10,688 --> 00:25:12,153 butchered like cattle... 336 00:25:12,341 --> 00:25:15,050 by men who make high-sounding principles and excuses 337 00:25:15,076 --> 00:25:16,782 for the most bestial cruelty. 338 00:25:16,911 --> 00:25:19,843 Robespierre's liberty, his equality... 339 00:25:23,511 --> 00:25:24,980 Well... 340 00:25:25,323 --> 00:25:28,218 sink me, if it isn't Colonel Ramsbottom. 341 00:25:30,765 --> 00:25:32,845 Well. how are you Ramsbottom? 342 00:25:33,232 --> 00:25:34,764 Winterbottom, Sir! 343 00:25:37,551 --> 00:25:40,019 Ramsbottom... what a ridiculous mistake... 344 00:25:43,017 --> 00:25:44,901 Allow me to explain, Colonel... 345 00:25:45,315 --> 00:25:47,055 Here's that ass, Blakeney! 346 00:25:47,478 --> 00:25:48,760 I'm off! 347 00:25:58,739 --> 00:26:01,204 Odd's blood, this club wants cheering up. 348 00:26:01,710 --> 00:26:03,866 Sink me, the place is a mausoleum. 349 00:26:04,202 --> 00:26:05,754 Are you being offensive, Sir? 350 00:26:05,780 --> 00:26:07,591 Who Sir? Me, sir? No, sir! 351 00:26:08,604 --> 00:26:11,128 Stab me. I'm bubbling over with good humor this morning. 352 00:26:11,162 --> 00:26:13,408 Would you believe me, I've just written a masterpiece? 353 00:26:13,434 --> 00:26:14,775 - Who, sir? You, sir? - Me, sir! 354 00:26:14,801 --> 00:26:15,889 - No, sir! - Yes, sir! 355 00:26:15,934 --> 00:26:18,118 All about this mysterious Pimpernel fellow. 356 00:26:18,387 --> 00:26:20,018 How it came to me, heaven only knows 357 00:26:20,039 --> 00:26:21,745 because it was the busiest moment of the day... 358 00:26:21,778 --> 00:26:23,450 Darn, I was tying my cravat. 359 00:26:23,525 --> 00:26:25,041 Oh well, here it is. 360 00:26:26,051 --> 00:26:27,583 "The Scarlet Pimpernel" 361 00:26:27,609 --> 00:26:29,849 by Sir Percival Blakeney, Baronet. 362 00:26:29,877 --> 00:26:31,622 - What? - Well, that's the title. 363 00:26:31,964 --> 00:26:33,226 "They seek him here, 364 00:26:33,290 --> 00:26:34,639 "they seek him there. 365 00:26:34,672 --> 00:26:36,989 "Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. 366 00:26:37,493 --> 00:26:39,311 "Is he in heaven? 367 00:26:39,406 --> 00:26:40,969 "Is he in hell? 368 00:26:41,246 --> 00:26:43,639 That damned, elusive Pimpernel." 369 00:26:43,682 --> 00:26:44,543 What? 370 00:26:44,569 --> 00:26:45,769 Hmm, not bad! 371 00:26:45,795 --> 00:26:47,206 Not bad? It's damned good! 372 00:26:47,246 --> 00:26:49,462 I'll write it out, then you can all learn it. 373 00:26:49,816 --> 00:26:50,892 Yes... 374 00:26:51,309 --> 00:26:53,657 Well... Good day, gentlemen. 375 00:26:53,859 --> 00:26:55,476 Goodbye. Higgenbottom. 376 00:26:55,502 --> 00:26:56,790 Winterbottom, curse you! 377 00:26:56,816 --> 00:26:59,125 I beg your pardon? Didn't I say Winterbottom? 378 00:26:59,323 --> 00:27:01,021 Bunch of young jackanapes! 379 00:27:03,090 --> 00:27:05,703 They're all alike, this fashionable puppies. 380 00:27:05,830 --> 00:27:07,141 Insufferable! 381 00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:08,657 What that young man needs... 382 00:27:08,693 --> 00:27:10,748 Is a year or two of hard campaigning. 383 00:27:10,774 --> 00:27:12,264 Facing powder... 384 00:27:13,911 --> 00:27:15,062 and shot... 385 00:27:15,216 --> 00:27:16,732 undergoing privation. 386 00:27:16,766 --> 00:27:19,819 I can't imagine Blakeney running into much danger. 387 00:27:20,663 --> 00:27:21,893 Not he! 388 00:27:22,636 --> 00:27:24,390 He doesn't belong to our vintage. 389 00:27:25,933 --> 00:27:26,828 It's not my fault! 390 00:27:26,854 --> 00:27:28,862 It's a matter of infinitely small importance to me... 391 00:27:28,888 --> 00:27:30,108 whose fault it is. 392 00:27:31,092 --> 00:27:33,359 The man who could put starch in my jabot... 393 00:27:33,385 --> 00:27:36,441 Is equally capable of putting poison in my coffee. 394 00:27:39,256 --> 00:27:40,129 There, you see? 395 00:27:40,155 --> 00:27:42,470 I'm a laughingstock, and rightly so. 396 00:27:42,790 --> 00:27:44,425 Look at the cursed thing. 397 00:27:44,451 --> 00:27:46,411 Sticking out like a barber's pole. 398 00:27:46,713 --> 00:27:48,661 Sink me, the thing is a disaster. 399 00:27:49,724 --> 00:27:51,750 Go away, Brinker, you dreadful fellow. 400 00:27:52,112 --> 00:27:53,501 Ladies... 401 00:27:53,533 --> 00:27:54,898 Your servant. 402 00:27:55,279 --> 00:27:56,597 Marguerite... 403 00:27:57,148 --> 00:27:58,304 your slave. 404 00:28:01,554 --> 00:28:03,009 Ah, Romney. 405 00:28:03,493 --> 00:28:04,667 How are you? 406 00:28:04,787 --> 00:28:06,710 And how is the portrait progressing? 407 00:28:14,355 --> 00:28:16,237 The eyes are wrong, aren't they? 408 00:28:16,980 --> 00:28:19,453 And is the nose all right? 409 00:28:23,950 --> 00:28:24,887 You know... 410 00:28:24,913 --> 00:28:26,905 I rather think you missed the mouth... 411 00:28:26,931 --> 00:28:28,050 altogether. 412 00:28:29,349 --> 00:28:30,776 Yes, you have. 413 00:28:31,328 --> 00:28:33,542 Otherwise, it's the image of her. 414 00:28:35,638 --> 00:28:37,324 I think that will be enough for today. 415 00:28:37,341 --> 00:28:38,633 Poor Mr. Romney. 416 00:28:38,921 --> 00:28:40,396 You are tired, and so am I. 417 00:28:40,422 --> 00:28:41,261 Tired? 418 00:28:41,302 --> 00:28:42,898 Zounds, me too. 419 00:28:43,090 --> 00:28:44,393 You know, dear lady... 420 00:28:44,449 --> 00:28:47,277 I've just been to Bath to be cured of the fatigue. 421 00:28:48,224 --> 00:28:50,678 And now I'm so fatigued by the cure that I... 422 00:28:50,916 --> 00:28:53,561 I really think that I shall have to go to Bath again... 423 00:28:53,825 --> 00:28:55,365 to be cured of the fatigue. 424 00:28:58,186 --> 00:28:59,695 It has been a charming party. 425 00:28:59,729 --> 00:29:01,205 - Goodbye! - Goodbye. 426 00:29:01,293 --> 00:29:02,727 - Goodbye. - Goodbye! 427 00:29:02,819 --> 00:29:04,565 Bye, Lady Blakeney, thank you. 428 00:29:04,684 --> 00:29:05,942 Bye, Sir Percy... 429 00:29:08,876 --> 00:29:10,487 Goodbye, Sir Percy... 430 00:29:18,184 --> 00:29:19,565 Goodbye, Sir Percy! 431 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:21,180 Goodbye, Goodbye... 432 00:29:21,567 --> 00:29:22,932 Goodbye... 433 00:29:49,176 --> 00:29:50,557 What do you think of it? 434 00:29:51,701 --> 00:29:53,042 It's clever... 435 00:29:53,486 --> 00:29:55,264 But there's something lacking. 436 00:29:55,631 --> 00:29:56,606 What? 437 00:29:57,245 --> 00:29:58,418 I don't know. 438 00:29:59,192 --> 00:30:00,541 There's a look... 439 00:30:00,651 --> 00:30:02,278 A look in the eyes... 440 00:30:03,051 --> 00:30:04,276 He's lost it. 441 00:30:06,673 --> 00:30:08,136 Perhaps, I've lost it. 442 00:30:12,218 --> 00:30:13,904 Perhaps it was happiness. 443 00:30:15,132 --> 00:30:16,569 Good gad, my dear! 444 00:30:16,616 --> 00:30:18,997 How you could be unhappy. I can't imagine. 445 00:30:19,675 --> 00:30:20,729 Can't you? 446 00:30:21,823 --> 00:30:23,807 Percy... Can't you? 447 00:30:23,833 --> 00:30:25,739 Oh, cursed if I can. 448 00:30:26,008 --> 00:30:28,607 Why, you're the most courted woman in town. 449 00:30:28,633 --> 00:30:30,717 - By whom? - By everybody. 450 00:30:30,761 --> 00:30:31,943 Except you! 451 00:30:32,009 --> 00:30:34,308 Dear me, my dear, I'm your husband. 452 00:30:36,028 --> 00:30:38,401 Months after we were married, we were still happy... 453 00:30:38,674 --> 00:30:40,467 And then came this... 454 00:30:40,679 --> 00:30:42,043 Estrangement. 455 00:30:42,244 --> 00:30:44,526 Which Heaven knows, is none of my making. 456 00:30:44,616 --> 00:30:46,240 Can you honestly say that? 457 00:30:46,292 --> 00:30:48,583 Can you honestly deny that you've changed? 458 00:30:50,556 --> 00:30:51,715 So changed... 459 00:30:51,741 --> 00:30:53,343 That I scarcely know you. 460 00:30:54,469 --> 00:30:56,131 You're never with me now. 461 00:30:57,130 --> 00:30:59,511 You're always away on some pretext or other. 462 00:31:02,728 --> 00:31:04,176 I'm always alone. 463 00:31:09,066 --> 00:31:11,561 Then I've mighty good news for you, my dear. 464 00:31:12,133 --> 00:31:14,117 Your brother's arriving from Paris. 465 00:31:14,261 --> 00:31:15,810 - Armand? - Yes. 466 00:31:15,974 --> 00:31:16,901 When? 467 00:31:16,927 --> 00:31:18,101 At any moment. 468 00:31:18,662 --> 00:31:21,297 And then you won't be alone, will you? 469 00:31:24,982 --> 00:31:26,419 When am I going to see you again? 470 00:31:26,453 --> 00:31:27,863 Whenever you wish to. 471 00:31:28,170 --> 00:31:29,763 Well then, every day. 472 00:31:29,789 --> 00:31:30,818 Suzanne! 473 00:32:06,130 --> 00:32:07,551 Where's the chief? 474 00:32:09,004 --> 00:32:11,435 He went to town yesterday as soon as he arrived here. 475 00:32:11,461 --> 00:32:12,960 - Any order for us? - Yes... 476 00:32:13,114 --> 00:32:15,741 We have to wait here till tonight for a message from Armand St. Just. 477 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:16,685 Right. 478 00:32:28,379 --> 00:32:30,463 - Did you follow them? - Yes. 479 00:32:30,739 --> 00:32:33,077 A sailor gave a letter to Sir Andrew Ffoulkes. 480 00:32:33,164 --> 00:32:34,315 Did you get it? 481 00:32:34,346 --> 00:32:35,775 It wasn't easy, but... 482 00:32:36,115 --> 00:32:37,814 We had six men there. 483 00:32:38,785 --> 00:32:40,007 Where are they now? 484 00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:41,674 Gagged and bound on the ship. 485 00:32:41,731 --> 00:32:42,890 And the letter? 486 00:32:54,355 --> 00:32:55,467 You will release them tomorrow. 487 00:32:55,493 --> 00:32:56,998 Watch every move they make. 488 00:33:10,859 --> 00:33:12,018 Maurier... 489 00:33:12,077 --> 00:33:13,379 Go over to France at once. 490 00:33:13,405 --> 00:33:15,371 The moment St. Just returns, arrest him. 491 00:33:17,512 --> 00:33:19,163 Armand St. Just. 492 00:33:21,211 --> 00:33:22,981 Marguerite St. Just... 493 00:33:24,907 --> 00:33:26,447 The famous actress... 494 00:33:27,986 --> 00:33:30,959 She will give a great performance by Republican command... 495 00:33:31,665 --> 00:33:33,419 For her brother's sake. 496 00:33:35,537 --> 00:33:38,176 Percy, I don't want Armand to go back to France. 497 00:33:38,378 --> 00:33:40,739 If you'll help me we can keep him in England. 498 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,140 He'll settle down here, marry a nice girl... 499 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:45,956 And have lovely children. 500 00:33:46,951 --> 00:33:48,567 What a dreadful prospect. 501 00:33:49,168 --> 00:33:52,315 What has poor Armand done to be sentenced to matrimony? 502 00:33:53,139 --> 00:33:55,256 You should know better, my dear. 503 00:34:10,597 --> 00:34:12,516 You're unhappy... Why? 504 00:34:14,252 --> 00:34:16,266 Armand, I have the satisfaction of knowing 505 00:34:16,292 --> 00:34:17,657 that the biggest fool in England 506 00:34:17,683 --> 00:34:19,897 has the most complete contempt for his wife. 507 00:34:19,930 --> 00:34:22,076 Percy? How did it happen? 508 00:34:23,934 --> 00:34:25,291 I don't know. 509 00:34:26,638 --> 00:34:28,590 I only know that when I married him 510 00:34:28,616 --> 00:34:29,788 he was a man. 511 00:34:30,158 --> 00:34:31,592 He was my lover. 512 00:34:32,348 --> 00:34:34,494 I was glad to give up everything for him. 513 00:34:36,319 --> 00:34:37,622 And now... 514 00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:41,318 You mustn't leave me, Armand! 515 00:34:41,366 --> 00:34:43,405 I need you... I'm all alone. 516 00:34:43,478 --> 00:34:44,907 I can't stay. 517 00:34:44,908 --> 00:34:46,342 You're going back to France? 518 00:34:46,368 --> 00:34:47,377 But it's not safe! 519 00:34:47,403 --> 00:34:49,051 For me? I'm no aristocrat. 520 00:34:49,077 --> 00:34:50,848 For anyone under the terror. 521 00:34:50,882 --> 00:34:53,139 I shall look after the Blakeney estate in France. 522 00:34:53,205 --> 00:34:55,662 Oh, Percy is so rich! What does it mean to him? 523 00:34:56,728 --> 00:34:59,188 He is not even interested in his English estates. 524 00:35:00,331 --> 00:35:01,847 Since the terror he wouldn't go over to France 525 00:35:01,873 --> 00:35:03,770 for all the treasures in the world. 526 00:35:03,924 --> 00:35:05,952 Why should you risk your life for his money? 527 00:35:05,978 --> 00:35:07,692 Oh, I don't risk my life. 528 00:35:08,615 --> 00:35:10,116 Don't worry, darling. 529 00:35:22,725 --> 00:35:23,723 Percy? 530 00:35:23,757 --> 00:35:25,247 May I ask you something? 531 00:35:25,654 --> 00:35:27,743 What's happened to you and Marguerite? 532 00:35:29,782 --> 00:35:31,318 Marriage, I suppose. 533 00:35:31,403 --> 00:35:32,454 Why? 534 00:35:33,143 --> 00:35:35,226 You loved her once... I know. 535 00:35:37,076 --> 00:35:39,679 Do you remember the first family to go to the guillotine? 536 00:35:39,778 --> 00:35:40,968 The St. Cyrs. 537 00:35:42,029 --> 00:35:44,584 They told me it was Marguerite who denounced them. 538 00:35:44,610 --> 00:35:45,901 It was a lie! 539 00:35:47,275 --> 00:35:48,664 I wish I could believe that. 540 00:35:48,850 --> 00:35:50,175 Did you ask her? 541 00:35:50,209 --> 00:35:51,336 I did. 542 00:35:52,230 --> 00:35:53,476 She flashed back a "yes" 543 00:35:53,502 --> 00:35:55,596 as sharp as the knife of the guillotine. 544 00:35:58,621 --> 00:36:00,170 I watched that execution. 545 00:36:00,990 --> 00:36:02,205 The Marquis... 546 00:36:02,585 --> 00:36:03,744 His wife... 547 00:36:03,834 --> 00:36:05,072 His son. 548 00:36:06,973 --> 00:36:08,209 And it was my wife... 549 00:36:09,143 --> 00:36:10,460 Who put them there. 550 00:36:12,927 --> 00:36:15,037 So that's why you ceased to love her. 551 00:36:16,252 --> 00:36:17,596 What a tragedy. 552 00:36:18,281 --> 00:36:19,551 Ceased? 553 00:36:20,266 --> 00:36:22,079 I shall love her till I die. 554 00:36:22,993 --> 00:36:24,348 That's the tragedy. 555 00:36:27,912 --> 00:36:30,260 And it's to make up what she did to them... 556 00:36:30,409 --> 00:36:32,032 That you risk your own life 557 00:36:32,058 --> 00:36:34,161 week after week to rescue the others? 558 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:36,759 Don't be so heroic, Armand. 559 00:36:36,974 --> 00:36:39,761 I got a smack in the eye, and I took refuge in sport. 560 00:36:39,907 --> 00:36:41,358 And what a sport! 561 00:36:41,620 --> 00:36:42,774 By gad, 562 00:36:42,792 --> 00:36:45,348 I think I shall give up fox hunting this winter. 563 00:36:55,281 --> 00:36:57,132 Now, what do you think of it? 564 00:36:57,805 --> 00:36:59,083 Monstrous fine, sir! 565 00:36:59,117 --> 00:37:00,482 Vastly becoming. 566 00:37:01,018 --> 00:37:03,216 Now, there's a coat you could wear with comfort. 567 00:37:03,255 --> 00:37:05,581 You know perfectly well I can wear nothing with comfort... 568 00:37:05,608 --> 00:37:07,100 Until Sir Percy says so. 569 00:37:07,165 --> 00:37:08,791 Where is that jackanapes? 570 00:37:08,872 --> 00:37:09,912 Who. sir? 571 00:37:09,945 --> 00:37:11,062 You, sir! 572 00:37:11,129 --> 00:37:12,185 Here, sir! 573 00:37:13,017 --> 00:37:15,031 And now, tell Treadle what... 574 00:37:15,057 --> 00:37:16,671 What's wrong with this coat. 575 00:37:23,370 --> 00:37:24,832 The back is admirable. 576 00:37:25,419 --> 00:37:26,815 The front's fair. 577 00:37:27,552 --> 00:37:29,669 The collar is. uh, possible. 578 00:37:31,442 --> 00:37:32,918 But the sleeve. Treadle. 579 00:37:33,310 --> 00:37:35,677 The cuff, my poor, benighted friend... 580 00:37:35,703 --> 00:37:37,877 That, Sir Percy, is the last words in cuffs! 581 00:37:37,886 --> 00:37:39,263 Oh, gad, I should hope so 582 00:37:39,289 --> 00:37:40,991 for there should never be another like it! 583 00:37:41,936 --> 00:37:44,246 Oh, come now, it's... It's not too bad. 584 00:37:44,272 --> 00:37:46,265 You see, Sir Percy, His Royal Highness approves. 585 00:37:46,291 --> 00:37:48,818 My poor Treadle, His Royal Highness does nothing of the kind. 586 00:37:48,844 --> 00:37:50,502 He says it's "not so bad". 587 00:37:50,579 --> 00:37:52,687 And nothing in the world is "so bad"... 588 00:37:52,697 --> 00:37:55,133 As something which is "not so bad". 589 00:37:55,159 --> 00:37:56,962 - But Sir Percy... - It's a crime, Treadle. 590 00:37:56,988 --> 00:37:58,105 Worse, a blunder. 591 00:37:58,132 --> 00:38:00,783 And quite, quite fatal to my reputation. 592 00:38:00,872 --> 00:38:02,381 Why to your reputation? 593 00:38:02,419 --> 00:38:04,612 Because all the world knows that His Royal Highness 594 00:38:04,638 --> 00:38:06,185 is guided by my taste. 595 00:38:06,195 --> 00:38:08,682 Yes, yes, yes... Percy is an expert on coats. 596 00:38:08,708 --> 00:38:09,868 And britches, sir! 597 00:38:09,894 --> 00:38:11,820 I'm a very wonder with the inexpressibles. 598 00:38:11,846 --> 00:38:12,796 Isn't that so, Treadle? 599 00:38:12,822 --> 00:38:14,638 Well, yes, up to a point. 600 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:17,437 Zounds, Treadle... Why must you be so cursed jealous? 601 00:38:17,446 --> 00:38:19,190 Look at that puny sleeve... 602 00:38:19,216 --> 00:38:21,176 That miserable dishrag of lace. 603 00:38:21,196 --> 00:38:22,061 Odd's fish! 604 00:38:22,088 --> 00:38:23,580 Looks like the lining hanging down. 605 00:38:23,606 --> 00:38:25,276 It was only intended for a plain cut. 606 00:38:25,302 --> 00:38:27,556 Plain! it's as ugly as a parson's widow. 607 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:28,989 Open up your sleeves, man. 608 00:38:29,015 --> 00:38:30,473 Let your ruffles take the air. 609 00:38:30,499 --> 00:38:32,204 Let them flow, let them ripple. 610 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,629 So that when His Royal Highness takes snuff... 611 00:38:34,655 --> 00:38:36,748 It'll be a swallows flight. 612 00:38:37,071 --> 00:38:38,219 That's it! 613 00:38:38,290 --> 00:38:40,113 Why, Timmy Percy... 614 00:38:40,139 --> 00:38:43,057 You're brainless, spineless, useless 615 00:38:43,083 --> 00:38:44,733 But you do know clothes. 616 00:38:44,825 --> 00:38:47,418 Odd's fish! That... That’s something, isn't it, sir? 617 00:38:47,745 --> 00:38:48,729 - Treadle! Treadle! 618 00:38:48,755 --> 00:38:49,448 Yes, Your Highness! 619 00:38:49,474 --> 00:38:52,106 Don't forget what Sir Percy says about about the sleeves. 620 00:38:52,537 --> 00:38:54,349 - A swallow's flight! - Yes, Your Highness! 621 00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:56,034 Flight of, uh, a swallow. 622 00:38:56,551 --> 00:38:58,510 Come along, come along, gentlemen. 623 00:39:05,468 --> 00:39:06,944 Oh, by the way, Wilmot... 624 00:39:12,963 --> 00:39:14,595 Chauvelin's arrived in London. 625 00:39:15,088 --> 00:39:16,485 Have him watched. 626 00:39:16,776 --> 00:39:18,554 I'm just off to the fight with the Prince. 627 00:39:18,972 --> 00:39:20,821 - Report to me there. - Very good. 628 00:39:44,010 --> 00:39:45,502 Mendoza's groggy! 629 00:39:45,528 --> 00:39:46,954 He... He's done! 630 00:39:46,980 --> 00:39:48,616 Don't you believe it, sir. He's foxing! 631 00:39:48,642 --> 00:39:50,245 You wait until the 30th round. 632 00:39:50,271 --> 00:39:52,540 I'll wager 100 guineas he won't last two more rounds. 633 00:39:52,555 --> 00:39:54,066 - Done! - Come on, Mendoza! 634 00:39:54,092 --> 00:39:55,558 Come on Jackson! 635 00:40:11,206 --> 00:40:13,393 - You'd better hedge, Percy! - Hedge be damned, I'll double. 636 00:40:13,419 --> 00:40:15,307 - Done! - Percy must be mad! 637 00:40:15,333 --> 00:40:16,641 Mendoza's finished! 638 00:40:22,394 --> 00:40:23,741 Get up, Mendoza! 639 00:40:23,767 --> 00:40:24,908 Where is he? 640 00:40:25,601 --> 00:40:28,198 - Where is he? - He's at you house. 641 00:40:30,419 --> 00:40:31,586 No, I will not! 642 00:40:32,047 --> 00:40:33,286 You tricked me once into giving you information 643 00:40:33,312 --> 00:40:34,874 about the Marquis de St. Cyr. 644 00:40:35,291 --> 00:40:36,569 I shall never forgive myself. 645 00:40:36,796 --> 00:40:38,509 I'm sick of this sentimental twaddle 646 00:40:38,535 --> 00:40:40,559 about the poor persecuted aristocrats. 647 00:40:40,975 --> 00:40:42,329 Have you forgotten what they did 648 00:40:42,355 --> 00:40:44,436 to the defenseless peasantry for centuries? 649 00:40:45,728 --> 00:40:48,307 What this very St. Cyr did to you? 650 00:40:50,572 --> 00:40:51,771 No, I have not. 651 00:40:52,499 --> 00:40:53,880 But I'm no spy. 652 00:40:55,826 --> 00:40:58,017 - That is your last word? - Absolutely! 653 00:40:59,220 --> 00:41:00,450 I wonder.... 654 00:41:01,159 --> 00:41:03,627 Oh, by the way, how's your brother, Armand? 655 00:41:05,323 --> 00:41:07,244 Very well, I hope. 656 00:41:07,518 --> 00:41:08,955 I hope so too. 657 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:10,969 But yesterday he was arrested... 658 00:41:11,068 --> 00:41:12,139 Arrested? 659 00:41:12,313 --> 00:41:13,567 At Boulogne. 660 00:41:14,349 --> 00:41:15,483 What for? 661 00:41:15,962 --> 00:41:17,558 As a traitor to his country. 662 00:41:17,787 --> 00:41:18,922 Traitor? 663 00:41:23,814 --> 00:41:25,148 You're lying, Chauvelin. 664 00:41:26,262 --> 00:41:27,786 You're trying to trick me again. 665 00:41:27,826 --> 00:41:30,080 I've the proof of his guilt in my pocket. 666 00:41:31,667 --> 00:41:35,349 This scrap of paper will certainly send your brother to the guillotine. 667 00:41:35,727 --> 00:41:38,180 Unless, of course, you care to redeem it. 668 00:41:39,817 --> 00:41:42,753 Bring me the name of the Pimpernel and it is yours. 669 00:41:45,226 --> 00:41:46,845 But even if I wanted to... 670 00:41:47,779 --> 00:41:49,652 - I don't know it! - Find it! 671 00:41:49,687 --> 00:41:52,236 How can I if you can't with an army of spies? 672 00:41:52,262 --> 00:41:54,747 Because you go everywhere and know everyone in his circle. 673 00:41:54,976 --> 00:41:56,412 That much I do know. 674 00:41:56,438 --> 00:41:57,891 And this also... 675 00:41:58,246 --> 00:41:59,542 That he will be among the guests 676 00:41:59,568 --> 00:42:01,329 tomorrow night at the Grenville ball. 677 00:42:01,355 --> 00:42:02,629 So will half the world! 678 00:42:02,655 --> 00:42:04,203 This thing is impossible! 679 00:42:06,258 --> 00:42:08,938 You're a clever woman whose brother's life is at stake... 680 00:42:08,964 --> 00:42:10,447 Nothing is impossible. 681 00:42:11,380 --> 00:42:12,393 Well? 682 00:42:14,913 --> 00:42:15,870 No, Chauvelin... 683 00:42:16,313 --> 00:42:17,324 I won't! 684 00:42:18,489 --> 00:42:19,878 Very well, madam. 685 00:42:25,155 --> 00:42:26,423 Chauvelin! 686 00:42:35,039 --> 00:42:36,189 Madam? 687 00:42:42,225 --> 00:42:44,110 Do you swear to give me that paper? 688 00:42:46,207 --> 00:42:48,937 The moment I catch the Scarlet Pimpernel. 689 00:42:49,664 --> 00:42:51,635 Zounds! That name again? 690 00:42:52,310 --> 00:42:54,159 I've heard nothing else all day. 691 00:42:54,232 --> 00:42:56,256 At the club. the fight, and now here. 692 00:42:56,534 --> 00:42:58,741 I protest, the fellow is a public nuisance. 693 00:43:02,039 --> 00:43:03,514 I beg your pardon, my dear. 694 00:43:03,540 --> 00:43:04,888 Do I intrude? 695 00:43:05,213 --> 00:43:06,197 No, no. 696 00:43:06,223 --> 00:43:08,166 This is an old, uh, acquaintance. 697 00:43:08,192 --> 00:43:10,128 Monsieur Chauvelin, the French Ambassador. 698 00:43:10,154 --> 00:43:11,529 My husband. 699 00:43:11,557 --> 00:43:13,769 Charmed, delighted, enchanted. 700 00:43:15,357 --> 00:43:17,116 Devilish clever race, the French. 701 00:43:17,142 --> 00:43:20,502 How they speak that unspeakable language of theirs defeats me. 702 00:43:20,570 --> 00:43:21,677 You flatter us, Sir Percy. 703 00:43:21,710 --> 00:43:24,116 No, no, you've got the cleverest heads in the world. 704 00:43:24,142 --> 00:43:25,196 The only trouble is... 705 00:43:25,222 --> 00:43:26,776 You all go to pieces around the neck. 706 00:43:26,802 --> 00:43:28,128 Around the neck? 707 00:43:28,154 --> 00:43:29,828 Yes, now look at that thing. 708 00:43:29,872 --> 00:43:31,538 Sink me, what a mess! 709 00:43:31,857 --> 00:43:34,323 Now, if you'd really like to know how to tie a cravat... 710 00:43:34,349 --> 00:43:35,133 I'll tell you. 711 00:43:35,159 --> 00:43:37,407 But it isn't easy, mind, it would take all my brains. 712 00:43:37,405 --> 00:43:38,133 I'm sure it would. 713 00:43:38,159 --> 00:43:39,623 Yes, now look here. 714 00:43:39,649 --> 00:43:42,880 Well, you see, first of all the thing goes twice around the neck. 715 00:43:43,132 --> 00:43:46,219 And then the front folds back to allow the back to come to the front. 716 00:43:46,395 --> 00:43:48,520 Otherwise the front would be all behind 717 00:43:48,546 --> 00:43:49,936 as well as before. 718 00:43:49,962 --> 00:43:51,813 Percy, what are you talking about? 719 00:43:51,839 --> 00:43:53,438 You don't follow me, my dear? 720 00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:54,941 That's exactly what I say. 721 00:43:54,967 --> 00:43:56,401 It takes brains, doesn't it? 722 00:43:56,427 --> 00:43:59,069 - One can see that. - Yes, of course. 723 00:44:01,733 --> 00:44:02,932 Good day, Lady Blakeney. 724 00:44:02,958 --> 00:44:04,315 Oh, no, no, don't go. 725 00:44:04,341 --> 00:44:06,770 You and my wife must have so much to say to each other. 726 00:44:06,786 --> 00:44:07,969 We have. 727 00:44:08,019 --> 00:44:11,059 But then I promised myself a little tête-á-tête with Lady Blakeney 728 00:44:11,085 --> 00:44:13,277 at Lord Grenville's ball tomorrow night. 729 00:44:13,311 --> 00:44:14,523 Good. 730 00:44:14,754 --> 00:44:16,098 Tomorrow night, then. 731 00:44:16,243 --> 00:44:17,353 But before you go... 732 00:44:17,379 --> 00:44:19,824 You must hear my verse about that cursed Pimpernel fellow. 733 00:44:19,850 --> 00:44:20,824 You'll love it! 734 00:44:20,850 --> 00:44:21,833 Listen. 735 00:44:21,910 --> 00:44:23,282 "They seek him here... 736 00:44:23,308 --> 00:44:24,569 "they seek him there... 737 00:44:24,595 --> 00:44:27,506 "Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. 738 00:44:27,532 --> 00:44:29,065 "Is he in heaven? 739 00:44:29,091 --> 00:44:30,843 "Is he in hell? 740 00:44:30,869 --> 00:44:33,608 That damned elusive Pimpernel". 741 00:44:33,634 --> 00:44:34,776 - Delightful! - What? 742 00:44:34,802 --> 00:44:36,931 Especially that, uh... that line: 743 00:44:36,957 --> 00:44:38,642 "Those Frenchies seek him everywhere". 744 00:44:38,668 --> 00:44:39,770 Yes, I like that too. 745 00:44:39,796 --> 00:44:41,001 Because, you see 746 00:44:41,025 --> 00:44:42,440 I hear that they do. 747 00:44:42,466 --> 00:44:43,757 And that gives the line 748 00:44:43,783 --> 00:44:45,424 a sort of something... 749 00:44:45,450 --> 00:44:48,331 That sort of gives it, ah... A something, uh... 750 00:44:48,994 --> 00:44:50,542 If I make myself clear. 751 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:51,944 Clear as crystal. 752 00:44:52,866 --> 00:44:54,560 Good day, my dear Sir Percy. 753 00:44:54,586 --> 00:44:57,816 Bonjour, "misu", as the French say. 754 00:44:59,911 --> 00:45:01,379 Bonjour! 755 00:45:07,446 --> 00:45:10,065 Magnificent fight this afternoon, my dear. 756 00:45:11,070 --> 00:45:13,690 Gad, that fellow Mendoza's got quick ears. 757 00:45:13,716 --> 00:45:15,797 In the 10th round, when Jackson had him down 758 00:45:15,823 --> 00:45:17,591 I shouted, "Get up Mendoza!" 759 00:45:17,638 --> 00:45:19,054 And damn me, he did. 760 00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:20,682 And, sink me, he won. 761 00:45:22,191 --> 00:45:23,229 Do you think... 762 00:45:23,255 --> 00:45:25,870 Andrew Ffoulkes might be the Scarlet Pimpernel? 763 00:45:27,346 --> 00:45:28,582 Andrew? 764 00:45:28,615 --> 00:45:29,632 Never! 765 00:45:29,730 --> 00:45:31,699 He couldn't hit a ball at Eaton! 766 00:45:32,009 --> 00:45:33,152 Why? 767 00:45:33,329 --> 00:45:35,698 What's your interest in the Scarlet Pimpernel? 768 00:45:35,810 --> 00:45:37,054 No more than any other woman's. 769 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:38,499 We would all like to know who he is. 770 00:45:38,584 --> 00:45:40,599 So would your friend Chauvelin, I'll wager. 771 00:45:40,625 --> 00:45:41,762 What makes you say that? 772 00:45:41,788 --> 00:45:43,428 Isn't that what he is here for? 773 00:45:43,715 --> 00:45:45,191 Did he tell you? 774 00:45:45,628 --> 00:45:47,345 - Why should he? - Why not? 775 00:45:47,420 --> 00:45:48,988 Mind you, the man is clever... 776 00:45:49,019 --> 00:45:51,360 But a fellow who can't even tie his own cravat... 777 00:45:51,386 --> 00:45:54,575 Isn't likely to put a noose 'round the Pimpernel's neck is he? 778 00:45:55,838 --> 00:45:57,148 Really, Percy. 779 00:45:57,174 --> 00:45:59,743 Can you never rise above trivialities? 780 00:45:59,769 --> 00:46:03,361 Can't rise above anything with more than three syllables, my dear, I never could. 781 00:46:03,365 --> 00:46:04,547 Nonsense! 782 00:46:04,573 --> 00:46:06,144 You were a man once! 783 00:46:07,099 --> 00:46:08,916 A man a woman could look up to. 784 00:46:09,705 --> 00:46:11,641 Could turn to in trouble. 785 00:46:12,311 --> 00:46:13,739 And now... 786 00:46:14,394 --> 00:46:16,528 You wouldn't know where to begin. 787 00:46:27,029 --> 00:46:29,724 Couldn't you begin by telling me what the trouble is? 788 00:46:30,501 --> 00:46:31,977 What is the use? 789 00:46:32,003 --> 00:46:34,340 We don't even speak the same language. 790 00:46:45,407 --> 00:46:48,129 Mr. Richard Brindslay Sheridan. 791 00:46:50,037 --> 00:46:52,252 The Countess de Tournay. 792 00:46:52,580 --> 00:46:54,643 Mademoiselle de Tournay. 793 00:46:56,885 --> 00:46:58,807 The Vicomte de Tournay. 794 00:47:00,185 --> 00:47:02,820 Lord and Lady Elsworthy. 795 00:47:04,779 --> 00:47:07,303 The Earl and Countess of Garrow. 796 00:47:08,748 --> 00:47:10,407 Well, here's our French friend! 797 00:47:10,433 --> 00:47:13,020 Bonsoir, "misu", as you say. 798 00:47:13,008 --> 00:47:14,414 Good evening, Sir Percy. 799 00:47:16,140 --> 00:47:16,918 Milady. 800 00:47:16,944 --> 00:47:18,607 My dear, look at that cravat. 801 00:47:18,838 --> 00:47:20,838 You're a monstrous quick learner, sir. 802 00:47:20,998 --> 00:47:22,447 Permit me. 803 00:47:24,216 --> 00:47:25,165 There... 804 00:47:25,198 --> 00:47:26,717 Perfect. Perfect! 805 00:47:26,769 --> 00:47:29,516 Another week, and we won't know you from an Englishman. 806 00:47:29,542 --> 00:47:31,828 From an Englishman! That is praise indeed! 807 00:47:33,333 --> 00:47:34,301 Oh, Sir Percy! 808 00:47:34,327 --> 00:47:36,586 What is this poem everybody is talking about? 809 00:47:36,612 --> 00:47:37,668 - Poem? - Yes! 810 00:47:37,694 --> 00:47:39,370 All about the Scarlet Pimpernel. 811 00:47:39,873 --> 00:47:40,757 Do tell us! 812 00:47:40,783 --> 00:47:42,326 Oh, gads, there's no escape. 813 00:47:42,352 --> 00:47:43,526 Forgive me my dear. 814 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,719 Take our friend round and tell him who everybody is... 815 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,081 If anybody is anybody. 816 00:47:51,048 --> 00:47:53,375 - That's exactly like you, Percy! - That's like you. 817 00:47:53,401 --> 00:47:55,265 I only want to know who one person is 818 00:47:55,290 --> 00:47:56,928 and you know the alternative.. 819 00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,009 The Pimpernel is under this roof at this moment 820 00:47:59,035 --> 00:48:00,670 among your friends. 821 00:48:01,259 --> 00:48:02,973 Your move, milady. 822 00:48:03,324 --> 00:48:04,758 And good luck. 823 00:48:10,116 --> 00:48:11,378 Marguerite! 824 00:48:13,348 --> 00:48:14,562 Suzanne! 825 00:48:14,827 --> 00:48:16,081 Suzanne. 826 00:48:25,414 --> 00:48:27,632 The thing rhymes, you see, in four places. 827 00:48:27,769 --> 00:48:30,176 And if you can get a rhyme to rhyme... 828 00:48:30,195 --> 00:48:32,886 That, uh, makes it a poem, if you follow me. 829 00:48:33,018 --> 00:48:34,948 Yes, of course, but what is it? 830 00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:36,730 "The Scarlet Pimpernel" 831 00:48:36,734 --> 00:48:38,702 by Sir Percy Blakeney, Baronet. 832 00:48:39,909 --> 00:48:41,679 Really, that's only the name! 833 00:48:41,735 --> 00:48:43,323 Well, go on! 834 00:48:43,578 --> 00:48:45,054 "They seek him here, 835 00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:46,511 "They seek him there. 836 00:48:46,537 --> 00:48:49,028 "Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. 837 00:48:49,054 --> 00:48:50,760 "Is he in heaven? 838 00:48:50,786 --> 00:48:52,079 "Is he in... 839 00:48:54,188 --> 00:48:56,004 "That damned elusive... 840 00:48:56,030 --> 00:48:57,515 Pimpernel. 841 00:48:57,826 --> 00:48:59,359 That's marvelous! It rhymes! 842 00:48:59,385 --> 00:49:00,796 Oh yes! It's a poem! 843 00:49:02,688 --> 00:49:05,077 "They seek him here, "They seek him there. 844 00:49:05,106 --> 00:49:08,200 "Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. 845 00:49:08,226 --> 00:49:10,931 "Is he in heaven? "Is he in... 846 00:49:11,834 --> 00:49:14,993 "That damned elusive Pimpernel! 847 00:49:15,019 --> 00:49:17,105 - Oh, extraordinary. - Marvelous! 848 00:49:24,176 --> 00:49:25,239 You liked that? 849 00:49:25,267 --> 00:49:27,060 Well, I could tell another one. 850 00:49:27,086 --> 00:49:28,490 Zounds! 851 00:49:28,909 --> 00:49:30,695 That's a monstrous good color! 852 00:49:33,834 --> 00:49:34,879 Hastings! 853 00:49:34,887 --> 00:49:36,123 Who made that coat? 854 00:49:36,149 --> 00:49:37,134 Beagle & Beagle. 855 00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:37,950 Odd's blood! 856 00:49:37,976 --> 00:49:40,165 Sink me if they're not better than our master Treadle. 857 00:49:40,191 --> 00:49:42,205 - Ffoulkes and Dewhurst are free. - Escaped? 858 00:49:42,231 --> 00:49:44,293 No, released. They are coming here immediately. 859 00:49:44,319 --> 00:49:46,231 Of course, that's why they were released. 860 00:49:46,384 --> 00:49:48,186 To lead a trail to the rest of us. 861 00:49:48,453 --> 00:49:50,485 I shall be in the library at midnight. 862 00:49:51,896 --> 00:49:54,137 His Royal Highness... 863 00:49:54,163 --> 00:49:56,369 The Prince of Wales. 864 00:50:05,716 --> 00:50:07,739 Ladies, please. 865 00:50:08,718 --> 00:50:11,480 Ladies, gentlemen, please. 866 00:50:12,091 --> 00:50:13,800 Ah, Grenville! 867 00:50:17,357 --> 00:50:19,040 Good evening, ladies! 868 00:50:19,066 --> 00:50:20,713 Good evening, gentlemen! 869 00:50:20,962 --> 00:50:22,385 Please, please! 870 00:50:24,898 --> 00:50:26,930 Any news from France, Grenville? 871 00:50:26,956 --> 00:50:28,776 - The worst, sir. - The King? 872 00:50:28,809 --> 00:50:30,288 Doomed. 873 00:50:31,050 --> 00:50:32,431 Can't we do anything? 874 00:50:32,616 --> 00:50:34,513 We recalled our ambassador a month ago. 875 00:50:34,550 --> 00:50:37,239 Chauvelin had the impudence to accept my invitation. 876 00:50:38,750 --> 00:50:40,286 Will Your Highness permit? 877 00:50:40,312 --> 00:50:41,403 Monsieur Chauvelin 878 00:50:41,429 --> 00:50:43,927 the unofficial ambassador of the French government. 879 00:50:46,052 --> 00:50:49,274 Monsieur, we will try to forget the government who sent you. 880 00:50:49,649 --> 00:50:52,078 And look upon you as merely our guest. 881 00:50:52,277 --> 00:50:54,174 A private gentleman from France. 882 00:50:54,429 --> 00:50:56,314 As such are you welcome, monsieur. 883 00:50:56,369 --> 00:50:57,398 Well, ladies... 884 00:50:57,424 --> 00:51:00,156 Did you bet on my horse at Newmarket this afternoon? 885 00:51:10,136 --> 00:51:11,763 I particularly love the whole... 886 00:51:11,789 --> 00:51:13,191 But I didn't want to... 887 00:51:15,171 --> 00:51:17,659 Lady Blakeney with a sad face? 888 00:51:17,686 --> 00:51:20,465 Ha-ha, but sadness is for mere mortals, milady. 889 00:51:20,491 --> 00:51:22,403 Never, never for goddesses. 890 00:51:22,634 --> 00:51:24,814 Alas, even a goddess must have moments 891 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:26,354 when she's a plain woman. 892 00:51:26,380 --> 00:51:27,475 Zounds, madam! 893 00:51:27,501 --> 00:51:30,438 Lady Blakeney could never become a plain woman at any moment. 894 00:51:30,464 --> 00:51:32,196 Ha-ha, that's better! 895 00:51:32,266 --> 00:51:33,874 Now, come and help me through my... 896 00:51:33,900 --> 00:51:35,392 my princely paces. 897 00:51:36,044 --> 00:51:38,306 I crave your permission to present Your Royal Highness 898 00:51:38,449 --> 00:51:40,580 the Countess de Tournay, her daughter. 899 00:51:40,606 --> 00:51:42,098 This is a pleasure, madam. 900 00:51:42,739 --> 00:51:44,755 Charming, charming! 901 00:51:44,781 --> 00:51:47,778 You and Lady Blakeney must become great friends, madam. 902 00:51:47,821 --> 00:51:50,067 Her friends are my friends. 903 00:51:50,482 --> 00:51:52,585 And her enemies, the enemies... 904 00:51:52,669 --> 00:51:53,756 of England. 905 00:51:54,073 --> 00:51:57,064 We poor exiles, madam show our gratitude to England 906 00:51:57,090 --> 00:51:59,623 by our devotion to the wishes of Monseigneur. 907 00:52:00,707 --> 00:52:01,537 Suzanne. 908 00:52:01,563 --> 00:52:03,207 - Suzanne! - Marguerite! 909 00:52:08,690 --> 00:52:10,944 They were schoolfellows in the convent in Paris. 910 00:52:10,970 --> 00:52:12,987 Ah-ha, charming, madam. 911 00:52:13,013 --> 00:52:14,798 Your Royal Highness, 912 00:52:14,824 --> 00:52:17,774 I accepted the Lord Grenville's gracious invitation 913 00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:21,738 solely to implore Your Highness to do something to save my husband. 914 00:52:22,568 --> 00:52:23,878 Madam. 915 00:52:24,435 --> 00:52:26,761 The government does everything in it's power 916 00:52:26,787 --> 00:52:30,255 to save those who are threatened by death in the prisons of the French Republic. 917 00:52:30,693 --> 00:52:32,701 But if a country goes mad 918 00:52:32,731 --> 00:52:35,244 it has the right to commit every horror 919 00:52:35,270 --> 00:52:36,944 within it's own walls. 920 00:52:41,231 --> 00:52:44,336 Hastings slipped a note into sir Andrew Ffoulkes' cuff. 921 00:52:45,576 --> 00:52:47,005 Thank you, sir. 922 00:52:55,641 --> 00:52:57,213 Ah, Lady Blakeney. 923 00:52:57,567 --> 00:52:59,992 Won't you take pity on a lonely compatriot? 924 00:53:03,342 --> 00:53:05,472 Are you asking me to dance with you? 925 00:53:07,344 --> 00:53:08,417 Not with me. 926 00:53:08,457 --> 00:53:10,014 With Sir Andrew Ffoulkes. 927 00:53:10,197 --> 00:53:11,044 Why? 928 00:53:11,070 --> 00:53:13,190 He has a note in his cuff. Get it! 929 00:53:15,139 --> 00:53:17,036 - But listen, Chauvelin... - Get it! 930 00:53:38,336 --> 00:53:40,384 Your Royal Highness... 931 00:53:40,433 --> 00:53:42,171 Your Graces... 932 00:53:42,285 --> 00:53:43,182 My lords... 933 00:53:43,216 --> 00:53:45,398 Ladies and gentlemen... 934 00:53:45,500 --> 00:53:49,132 Pray take your places for the minuet. 935 00:54:23,098 --> 00:54:25,083 Oh, please, it's nothing. 936 00:54:25,109 --> 00:54:26,228 Just the heat. 937 00:54:27,515 --> 00:54:28,808 Sir Andrew. 938 00:54:29,121 --> 00:54:30,948 Would you be kind enough to see me upstairs? 939 00:54:30,974 --> 00:54:31,932 Of course. 940 00:54:45,218 --> 00:54:47,607 This way, Lady Blakeney. You'll be all right in a moment. 941 00:54:58,592 --> 00:54:59,818 Lady Blakeney. 942 00:54:59,902 --> 00:55:01,394 Shall I send for a physician? 943 00:55:01,674 --> 00:55:02,849 No, no! 944 00:55:05,170 --> 00:55:06,860 I'm so sorry... 945 00:55:07,807 --> 00:55:09,569 I'll be all right in a minute. 946 00:55:13,767 --> 00:55:15,271 Would you rather be left alone? 947 00:55:15,297 --> 00:55:16,183 No. 948 00:55:16,209 --> 00:55:17,470 Please don't leave me! 949 00:55:20,039 --> 00:55:21,348 Just for a second. 950 00:55:26,483 --> 00:55:27,960 I'll be all right. 951 00:56:24,081 --> 00:56:25,621 How clever of you. 952 00:56:25,805 --> 00:56:28,130 Almost as good as a burnt feather for faintness. 953 00:56:29,214 --> 00:56:30,483 There... 954 00:56:30,905 --> 00:56:32,604 I feel better already. 955 00:56:33,321 --> 00:56:35,686 Would you be kind enough to bring me my fan? 956 00:56:56,933 --> 00:56:58,164 It was a love letter. 957 00:56:58,219 --> 00:56:59,941 And you sacrificed it for me. 958 00:57:00,008 --> 00:57:01,349 What a shame. 959 00:57:01,836 --> 00:57:04,384 But I'll ask her to write you another, shall I? 960 00:57:05,686 --> 00:57:08,186 Suzanne! Are you feeling better, darling? 961 00:57:10,141 --> 00:57:11,839 I spoiled Sir Andrew's dance. 962 00:57:11,873 --> 00:57:14,238 Would you make it up to him by finishing it for me? 963 00:57:31,298 --> 00:57:32,218 Well? 964 00:57:33,052 --> 00:57:34,282 Did you get it? 965 00:57:34,768 --> 00:57:35,910 He burned it. 966 00:57:36,770 --> 00:57:38,357 But I got a glimpse of what was left. 967 00:57:39,208 --> 00:57:40,335 It began... 968 00:57:40,771 --> 00:57:42,025 Well, go on. 969 00:57:43,463 --> 00:57:45,297 "Start tomorrow myself..." 970 00:57:46,179 --> 00:57:47,218 And ended... 971 00:57:47,244 --> 00:57:49,728 "Will be in library at midnight". 972 01:01:33,695 --> 01:01:35,520 Thank you, Mary. You can go to bed. 973 01:02:26,487 --> 01:02:28,741 See that Sir Andrew Ffoulkes gets this. 974 01:02:30,684 --> 01:02:31,906 My dear! 975 01:02:32,385 --> 01:02:33,488 Percy! 976 01:02:35,125 --> 01:02:36,538 All right, Brinker. 977 01:02:40,196 --> 01:02:41,458 Well, my dear? 978 01:02:43,406 --> 01:02:44,684 It's about Armand. 979 01:02:46,059 --> 01:02:47,694 He's in the most terrible danger. 980 01:02:47,808 --> 01:02:49,300 They've arrested him at Boulogne! 981 01:02:50,263 --> 01:02:51,644 How do you know? 982 01:02:54,340 --> 01:02:55,538 Chauvelin told me. 983 01:02:56,142 --> 01:02:57,380 When? 984 01:02:59,036 --> 01:03:00,290 Yesterday. 985 01:03:02,198 --> 01:03:04,452 Well, why didn't you tell me when I asked you? 986 01:03:04,740 --> 01:03:06,271 I don't know... I... 987 01:03:08,719 --> 01:03:10,163 He threatened me. 988 01:03:10,797 --> 01:03:12,495 Then why are you telling me now? 989 01:03:12,521 --> 01:03:14,849 Because I thought you might do something for Armand! 990 01:03:15,151 --> 01:03:17,056 You have influence at court. 991 01:03:17,925 --> 01:03:20,345 Didn't you ask your friend Chauvelin for help? 992 01:03:22,159 --> 01:03:23,738 He promised me that... 993 01:03:25,408 --> 01:03:26,900 I don't trust him. 994 01:03:27,808 --> 01:03:30,014 He promised you the life of your brother. 995 01:03:31,408 --> 01:03:33,401 What did you give him in exchange? 996 01:03:38,012 --> 01:03:39,710 What has happened to you, Percy? 997 01:03:42,097 --> 01:03:43,883 Do you... hate me? 998 01:03:46,229 --> 01:03:48,420 Why did you denounce the Marquis de St. Cyr? 999 01:03:49,208 --> 01:03:50,406 So, that's it! 1000 01:03:50,954 --> 01:03:53,428 Why did you never ask me what the Marquis de St. Cyr did to me! 1001 01:03:53,454 --> 01:03:54,962 You didn't even know him. 1002 01:03:56,362 --> 01:03:57,298 No. 1003 01:03:57,506 --> 01:03:58,982 I didn't even know him. 1004 01:03:59,802 --> 01:04:00,738 Well, then. 1005 01:04:00,793 --> 01:04:02,111 But I knew his son. 1006 01:04:03,892 --> 01:04:06,384 I was only 17 when he asked me to marry him. 1007 01:04:07,076 --> 01:04:08,926 His father heard about it and had me arrested... 1008 01:04:09,706 --> 01:04:11,444 And sent to St. Lazare. 1009 01:04:12,799 --> 01:04:14,807 Do you know what St. Lazare is? 1010 01:04:16,741 --> 01:04:19,003 Do you know the sort of women that are sent there? 1011 01:04:20,611 --> 01:04:21,675 I would have killed myself. 1012 01:04:22,072 --> 01:04:23,088 Only... 1013 01:04:23,273 --> 01:04:24,471 Only what? 1014 01:04:24,534 --> 01:04:26,011 The Revolution came. 1015 01:04:26,346 --> 01:04:28,457 The ever-glorious 14th of July. 1016 01:04:29,341 --> 01:04:30,651 And I was free. 1017 01:04:33,592 --> 01:04:35,298 Why this tardy explanation? 1018 01:04:36,104 --> 01:04:39,319 I asked you once if you sent the St. Cyrs to the guillotine. You said yes. 1019 01:04:40,076 --> 01:04:42,028 You believed it so easily, didn't you? 1020 01:04:43,641 --> 01:04:44,729 And yet... 1021 01:04:45,427 --> 01:04:46,895 I still ask myself. 1022 01:04:47,868 --> 01:04:49,861 "Am I really guilty of their deaths?" 1023 01:04:50,403 --> 01:04:52,085 If not you, who is? 1024 01:04:52,609 --> 01:04:53,950 He plotted with Austria. 1025 01:04:53,976 --> 01:04:55,263 I told a friend. 1026 01:04:55,763 --> 01:04:57,501 A man whom I thought a friend. 1027 01:04:57,916 --> 01:04:59,242 He denounced him. 1028 01:05:00,126 --> 01:05:01,452 The terror did the rest. 1029 01:05:02,327 --> 01:05:03,716 Who was that friend? 1030 01:05:07,682 --> 01:05:09,214 Was it Chauvelin? 1031 01:05:13,931 --> 01:05:15,923 He promised you your brother's life. 1032 01:05:17,131 --> 01:05:19,004 What price did you pay for it? 1033 01:05:20,642 --> 01:05:22,483 What price did you pay for it? 1034 01:05:24,265 --> 01:05:25,805 I paid a horrible price. 1035 01:05:27,205 --> 01:05:28,380 Well? 1036 01:05:28,962 --> 01:05:31,089 I betrayed the Scarlet Pimpernel. 1037 01:05:33,838 --> 01:05:35,108 How? 1038 01:05:35,722 --> 01:05:37,769 Ffoulkes had a scrap of paper in his cuff. 1039 01:05:37,891 --> 01:05:41,288 I read it and told Chauvelin the Pimpernel would be in the library at midnight. 1040 01:05:41,832 --> 01:05:44,237 And was he in the library at midnight? 1041 01:05:44,324 --> 01:05:45,937 Chauvelin says he wasn't. 1042 01:05:46,367 --> 01:05:47,756 But I think he is lying. 1043 01:05:49,380 --> 01:05:50,638 And through my betrayal 1044 01:05:50,664 --> 01:05:53,044 a noble and generous man might lose his life. 1045 01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:55,012 What am I to do Percy? 1046 01:05:55,038 --> 01:05:56,585 How can I warn him? 1047 01:05:56,618 --> 01:05:58,007 Warn him? 1048 01:05:58,097 --> 01:05:59,406 Against what? 1049 01:05:59,432 --> 01:06:02,226 Against the danger that threatens him if he goes back to France! 1050 01:06:02,331 --> 01:06:03,506 My dear... 1051 01:06:03,532 --> 01:06:05,439 If he is the kind of lunatic I take him to be 1052 01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:06,910 your warning won't stop him. 1053 01:06:06,936 --> 01:06:08,625 But he might be going to his death! 1054 01:06:08,651 --> 01:06:10,817 Well, that's all the fellow lives for. 1055 01:06:11,667 --> 01:06:13,937 Besides, he doesn't know you're in love with him. 1056 01:06:13,963 --> 01:06:15,717 I'm not in love with him. 1057 01:06:15,744 --> 01:06:17,443 I admire his heroism, but... 1058 01:06:17,478 --> 01:06:18,795 I don't love him. 1059 01:06:18,860 --> 01:06:20,861 Oh, but you do, only you don't know it. 1060 01:06:21,433 --> 01:06:23,864 I didn't know it myself until a moment ago. 1061 01:06:23,919 --> 01:06:26,173 Percy, please don't joke about it! 1062 01:06:26,588 --> 01:06:27,834 It's no joke. 1063 01:06:28,685 --> 01:06:30,003 Believe me. 1064 01:06:31,555 --> 01:06:34,317 Dangerous game, falling in love with a phantom, my dear. 1065 01:06:35,321 --> 01:06:37,813 For all you know, he may be a married man. 1066 01:06:38,307 --> 01:06:40,244 Who's deeply in love with his wife. 1067 01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:42,432 Never. 1068 01:06:43,065 --> 01:06:44,295 Why not? 1069 01:06:45,136 --> 01:06:46,991 Would any man who was in love with his wife 1070 01:06:47,017 --> 01:06:48,859 leave her continually to face death? 1071 01:06:50,472 --> 01:06:51,853 Would you? 1072 01:06:53,682 --> 01:06:54,793 Me? 1073 01:06:57,099 --> 01:06:59,606 Zounds! I'm much more romantic than you think. 1074 01:07:00,286 --> 01:07:02,445 In a case like that I wouldn't leave you. 1075 01:07:02,599 --> 01:07:04,520 Not even to go to my tailor. 1076 01:07:05,709 --> 01:07:07,280 The horses are ready, sir. 1077 01:07:07,466 --> 01:07:08,638 Thank you, Brinker. 1078 01:07:08,682 --> 01:07:09,910 Are you going away? 1079 01:07:09,943 --> 01:07:11,689 Oh, yes, didn't I tell you? 1080 01:07:11,709 --> 01:07:13,833 Important business in town. 1081 01:07:14,273 --> 01:07:15,845 Goodbye, my dear. 1082 01:07:16,528 --> 01:07:17,981 Your tailor, I suppose. 1083 01:07:18,013 --> 01:07:20,642 Not only my tailor, but also my bootmaker. 1084 01:07:21,014 --> 01:07:22,614 And incidentally... 1085 01:07:22,704 --> 01:07:25,251 I want to see what my influence is worth at court... 1086 01:07:25,277 --> 01:07:27,054 That little matter of your brother. 1087 01:07:28,375 --> 01:07:29,764 Perhaps I can help. 1088 01:07:31,353 --> 01:07:32,956 Oh, Percy, if you could... 1089 01:07:32,982 --> 01:07:34,782 I'd love you all my life. 1090 01:07:35,974 --> 01:07:37,268 Gad! 1091 01:07:38,701 --> 01:07:40,400 I must remember that, my dear. 1092 01:07:42,087 --> 01:07:43,382 Goodbye. 1093 01:08:10,280 --> 01:08:11,328 What is it Brinker? 1094 01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:13,694 It's 6 o'clock, milady. 1095 01:08:14,835 --> 01:08:16,740 I suppose you want me to leave this room. 1096 01:08:18,053 --> 01:08:20,449 I've never been here quite alone, have I? 1097 01:08:20,475 --> 01:08:21,983 No, milady. 1098 01:08:22,096 --> 01:08:24,224 All right, Brinker, thank you. 1099 01:09:08,284 --> 01:09:09,697 Percy! 1100 01:09:17,332 --> 01:09:18,715 Percy! 1101 01:09:23,951 --> 01:09:25,776 - Brinker! Brinker! - Milady. 1102 01:09:25,931 --> 01:09:28,442 A letter, to be delivered into your Lady's good hands. 1103 01:09:28,516 --> 01:09:30,133 - From Sir Percy? - No, madam. 1104 01:09:30,159 --> 01:09:32,489 From his excellency, the French Ambassador. 1105 01:10:00,728 --> 01:10:01,996 Where's Monsieur Chauvelin? 1106 01:10:02,022 --> 01:10:04,258 He left this morning for France, madam. 1107 01:10:05,294 --> 01:10:06,817 All right, thank you. 1108 01:10:17,893 --> 01:10:19,036 Brinker! 1109 01:10:20,007 --> 01:10:21,055 The carriage. 1110 01:10:21,278 --> 01:10:22,675 Very good, milady. 1111 01:10:53,448 --> 01:10:54,901 Is Sir Andrew Ffoulkes in? 1112 01:10:54,927 --> 01:10:56,036 Yes, milady. 1113 01:11:01,452 --> 01:11:03,254 I'll call Sir Andrew, milady. 1114 01:11:11,603 --> 01:11:12,885 Lady Blakeney, what's happened? 1115 01:11:12,911 --> 01:11:14,865 Sir Andrew, there's no time to waste in talking. 1116 01:11:14,891 --> 01:11:15,960 Just listen to me. 1117 01:11:15,975 --> 01:11:18,093 Your leader and friend, the Scarlet Pimpernel 1118 01:11:18,119 --> 01:11:19,728 - My husband.. - How do you know that, milady? 1119 01:11:19,754 --> 01:11:21,156 Do not ask any questions now. 1120 01:11:21,136 --> 01:11:22,546 He is in deadly peril. 1121 01:11:22,572 --> 01:11:24,864 Chauvelin knows that Percy Blakeney and the Scarlet Pimpernel 1122 01:11:24,890 --> 01:11:26,066 are one and the same. 1123 01:11:26,092 --> 01:11:27,893 How did Chauvelin come to know? 1124 01:11:30,491 --> 01:11:31,848 Through me. 1125 01:11:33,227 --> 01:11:34,940 Do you mean to say that you betrayed him? 1126 01:11:34,966 --> 01:11:36,529 Yes, yes, I betrayed him, never mind how 1127 01:11:36,555 --> 01:11:37,720 just tell me this... 1128 01:11:37,746 --> 01:11:39,329 Has Percy left for Boulogne? 1129 01:11:39,355 --> 01:11:40,298 Yes. 1130 01:11:40,803 --> 01:11:42,858 - To save my brother? - And de Tournay. 1131 01:11:42,894 --> 01:11:45,084 What is their meeting place in Boulogne? 1132 01:11:45,993 --> 01:11:47,191 Why? 1133 01:11:47,454 --> 01:11:49,918 - Do you want to... - Oh, look at me, man! 1134 01:11:49,944 --> 01:11:52,587 Do I look like a woman who wants to send her husband to his death? 1135 01:11:52,613 --> 01:11:55,007 I want to find Percy, to warn him, to save him 1136 01:11:55,033 --> 01:11:56,144 or to die with him. 1137 01:11:59,692 --> 01:12:00,999 I'll go with you. 1138 01:12:04,873 --> 01:12:06,404 Can you bring your friends? 1139 01:12:07,271 --> 01:12:08,580 Ten of them. 1140 01:12:08,876 --> 01:12:10,567 The rest are in France. 1141 01:12:11,172 --> 01:12:13,251 Percy has forbidden us to go over. 1142 01:12:13,707 --> 01:12:15,960 It will be the first time we've ever disobeyed him. 1143 01:12:19,787 --> 01:12:22,660 I'll save Percy even if I have to kill Chauvelin. 1144 01:12:23,558 --> 01:12:25,241 And if he goes to the guillotine... 1145 01:12:25,817 --> 01:12:27,175 I'll go after him. 1146 01:12:32,761 --> 01:12:34,691 There you are citizens! 1147 01:12:34,717 --> 01:12:37,519 Boulogne has a guillotine of it's own now. 1148 01:12:37,557 --> 01:12:38,862 Same as Paris! 1149 01:12:38,888 --> 01:12:40,119 That's nothing! 1150 01:12:40,145 --> 01:12:42,381 Half the towns in France have got them. 1151 01:12:43,929 --> 01:12:45,635 Let her go, Francois! 1152 01:12:49,392 --> 01:12:50,742 Good, eh? 1153 01:12:52,261 --> 01:12:53,674 So much for the bait. 1154 01:12:54,336 --> 01:12:55,622 Now for the trap. 1155 01:12:55,924 --> 01:12:57,835 We can't afford to make any mistakes this time. 1156 01:12:57,850 --> 01:13:00,728 Remember, it's either the Pimpernel or ourselves for the guillotine. 1157 01:13:00,754 --> 01:13:02,862 - Robespierre knows he is here. - Yes. 1158 01:13:03,010 --> 01:13:05,468 The net must be spread with more than cunning. 1159 01:13:05,447 --> 01:13:06,685 Blakeney's no fool. 1160 01:13:06,711 --> 01:13:09,050 Besides, he's a master of makeup and disguise. 1161 01:13:09,076 --> 01:13:10,887 He may turn up as an old woman 1162 01:13:10,920 --> 01:13:13,947 a peddler with a pack, a peasant with a beard, anything! 1163 01:13:13,991 --> 01:13:16,832 They've got the Scarlet Pimpernel! 1164 01:13:18,619 --> 01:13:19,595 Quiet! 1165 01:13:19,629 --> 01:13:21,446 Quiet everybody! Quiet! 1166 01:13:24,582 --> 01:13:26,320 Listen, my friend 1167 01:13:26,346 --> 01:13:28,573 The next time you want to put on a false beard 1168 01:13:28,563 --> 01:13:29,604 Choose a good one 1169 01:13:29,630 --> 01:13:32,599 not a bird's nest that wouldn't deceive a child! 1170 01:13:34,838 --> 01:13:36,027 Clumsy idiot! 1171 01:13:36,067 --> 01:13:37,504 Let go, you! 1172 01:13:37,530 --> 01:13:40,887 I'll teach him to pull the best beard in Boulogne! 1173 01:13:45,428 --> 01:13:47,706 I've never been so insulted in my life! 1174 01:13:47,754 --> 01:13:49,517 You disgusting, gibbering monkeys! 1175 01:13:49,543 --> 01:13:51,153 You'll hear more of this! 1176 01:13:51,339 --> 01:13:54,268 An honest woman I am, one of the few in our street! 1177 01:13:54,604 --> 01:13:56,301 Stripped naked by soldiers 1178 01:13:56,316 --> 01:13:58,505 and the searched to see if I was a man! 1179 01:14:13,365 --> 01:14:14,794 Listen, Captain. 1180 01:14:15,864 --> 01:14:17,944 If I were 20 years younger 1181 01:14:17,970 --> 01:14:19,679 that's were I should be. 1182 01:14:19,705 --> 01:14:21,657 Bravo uncle! That's the spirit! 1183 01:14:22,498 --> 01:14:24,395 Where are you boys serving now? 1184 01:14:24,632 --> 01:14:26,053 Oh, we're on leave. 1185 01:14:26,378 --> 01:14:29,378 Stealing away the hearts of the girls of Boulogne? 1186 01:14:29,659 --> 01:14:31,492 No sir, I'm in love. 1187 01:14:31,693 --> 01:14:33,121 Ah, you rascal. 1188 01:14:33,294 --> 01:14:35,078 It's the wife of another man? 1189 01:14:35,153 --> 01:14:37,145 No, it's my own. 1190 01:14:38,493 --> 01:14:39,972 Splendid! 1191 01:14:39,998 --> 01:14:42,419 Captain, I’ll tell you a secret. 1192 01:14:44,362 --> 01:14:47,599 You and I are the only men in France 1193 01:14:47,633 --> 01:14:49,067 who are in love with our wives. 1194 01:14:49,093 --> 01:14:50,846 Hooray! Let's drink to it! 1195 01:14:51,677 --> 01:14:53,082 Well, here's to it! 1196 01:14:54,660 --> 01:14:55,993 Here's to it! 1197 01:14:59,037 --> 01:15:01,005 But it'll be hard for you to leave her 1198 01:15:01,031 --> 01:15:02,417 for this war with England. 1199 01:15:02,443 --> 01:15:03,672 You think that's coming, do you? 1200 01:15:03,698 --> 01:15:04,554 Surely! 1201 01:15:04,580 --> 01:15:08,518 We shall have to teach perfidious Albion a lesson! 1202 01:15:08,544 --> 01:15:10,793 Well. it won't take us long to get across the channel. 1203 01:15:10,850 --> 01:15:11,982 Will it, boys? 1204 01:15:12,046 --> 01:15:13,079 No, no! 1205 01:15:13,105 --> 01:15:16,549 Well, gentlemen, good luck! And... 1206 01:15:16,575 --> 01:15:17,779 Good night. 1207 01:15:17,846 --> 01:15:19,705 - Good night. - Good night. 1208 01:15:23,369 --> 01:15:25,608 De Tournay was brought here from Paris yesterday 1209 01:15:25,643 --> 01:15:26,792 The same prison as Armand. 1210 01:15:26,810 --> 01:15:27,898 I thought so. 1211 01:15:27,924 --> 01:15:29,715 Chauvelin's using them as bait. 1212 01:15:33,196 --> 01:15:34,768 Search every incoming ship. 1213 01:15:36,415 --> 01:15:38,024 Even the smallest fishing boat. 1214 01:15:38,060 --> 01:15:39,040 And you... 1215 01:15:39,783 --> 01:15:41,432 De Tournay and St. Just have escaped! 1216 01:15:41,458 --> 01:15:43,012 Escaped! How? 1217 01:15:43,212 --> 01:15:44,321 God knows. 1218 01:15:44,347 --> 01:15:45,765 The Pimpernel knows! 1219 01:15:45,899 --> 01:15:47,446 Someone will pay for this! 1220 01:15:47,815 --> 01:15:48,955 Where are the jailers? 1221 01:15:48,981 --> 01:15:50,105 Missing! 1222 01:15:51,013 --> 01:15:51,910 Citizen Chauvelin! 1223 01:15:51,943 --> 01:15:53,502 How dare you burst in? Who are you? 1224 01:15:53,528 --> 01:15:54,386 Jailer from the prison! 1225 01:15:54,412 --> 01:15:56,171 - So you're the one... - No fault of mine! 1226 01:15:56,675 --> 01:15:58,310 The head jailer would have killed me 1227 01:15:58,336 --> 01:16:00,357 if I hadn't taken the money to free those accursed aristocrats! 1228 01:16:00,383 --> 01:16:01,247 What? 1229 01:16:01,273 --> 01:16:02,947 The Pimpernel is taking them to England. 1230 01:16:02,983 --> 01:16:04,782 Promised us all jobs there! 1231 01:16:04,851 --> 01:16:07,181 But I'm a good patriot, Citizen Chauvelin. 1232 01:16:07,413 --> 01:16:09,159 I'm not losing my head... 1233 01:16:09,593 --> 01:16:12,315 because I got some information that will save yours. 1234 01:16:13,493 --> 01:16:14,914 What is it worth? 1235 01:16:15,065 --> 01:16:16,454 What do you know? 1236 01:16:16,695 --> 01:16:19,584 Where you can find the Scarlet Pimpernel. 1237 01:16:20,184 --> 01:16:21,335 Out with it! 1238 01:16:21,497 --> 01:16:22,608 Where? 1239 01:16:24,109 --> 01:16:27,942 He told us to meet him at 10 o'clock at the Lion d'Or. 1240 01:16:29,175 --> 01:16:30,453 Take him away. 1241 01:16:34,978 --> 01:16:37,367 10 o'clock at the Lion d'Or.## 1242 01:16:51,286 --> 01:16:53,461 Let fly foresheet! 1243 01:16:53,487 --> 01:16:54,796 Let fly foresheet! 1244 01:16:55,235 --> 01:16:56,829 There's the Lion d'Or. 1245 01:16:58,697 --> 01:17:00,789 Tell the men to get ready to row me ashore. 1246 01:17:00,815 --> 01:17:02,519 We must wait for the signal. 1247 01:17:02,551 --> 01:17:04,250 Brogard waves the lantern 1248 01:17:04,276 --> 01:17:05,584 across the window for safe 1249 01:17:05,610 --> 01:17:07,261 up and down for danger. 1250 01:17:07,684 --> 01:17:08,660 Look! 1251 01:17:08,925 --> 01:17:10,242 There's the signal. 1252 01:17:14,075 --> 01:17:15,138 Safe! 1253 01:17:17,124 --> 01:17:18,577 You've all the roads watched? 1254 01:17:18,992 --> 01:17:21,262 Every corner... and the beach. 1255 01:17:21,442 --> 01:17:23,378 And a troop of dragoons to surround the place? 1256 01:17:23,571 --> 01:17:25,071 Waiting outside. 1257 01:17:25,165 --> 01:17:26,235 Come on then... 1258 01:17:26,274 --> 01:17:27,629 The Lion d'Or. 1259 01:17:43,865 --> 01:17:44,880 Good evening. 1260 01:17:44,906 --> 01:17:46,131 What do you want here? 1261 01:17:46,157 --> 01:17:48,220 This is no place for one of your sort. 1262 01:17:49,374 --> 01:17:51,990 I'm the sort that pays well, Citizen Brogard. 1263 01:17:52,896 --> 01:17:54,119 For what? 1264 01:17:55,224 --> 01:17:56,907 For a seat by the fire. 1265 01:18:17,527 --> 01:18:19,456 I'll wait here for a friend of mine... 1266 01:18:20,321 --> 01:18:21,374 And yours. 1267 01:18:21,391 --> 01:18:23,595 What should I know of your friends? 1268 01:18:23,621 --> 01:18:26,058 You signaled him just now. You must be expecting him. 1269 01:18:26,281 --> 01:18:27,360 What time? 1270 01:18:30,024 --> 01:18:31,254 What time? 1271 01:18:33,043 --> 01:18:34,361 10 o'clock. 1272 01:18:44,185 --> 01:18:45,519 Where can I hide? 1273 01:18:46,436 --> 01:18:48,135 Quick, to the attic! 1274 01:19:16,448 --> 01:19:17,809 Citizen Brogard? 1275 01:19:17,835 --> 01:19:18,772 Yes? 1276 01:19:18,798 --> 01:19:20,101 Under arrest. 1277 01:19:27,769 --> 01:19:28,824 What for? 1278 01:19:28,850 --> 01:19:30,136 Betraying the Republic... 1279 01:19:30,361 --> 01:19:31,988 Helping the enemies of France... 1280 01:19:32,259 --> 01:19:34,521 Harboring a gang of dangerous criminals... 1281 01:19:34,730 --> 01:19:36,649 Smuggling aristocrats out of the country. 1282 01:19:36,675 --> 01:19:37,887 That's a lie! 1283 01:19:37,913 --> 01:19:39,197 You've got one chance. 1284 01:19:39,223 --> 01:19:42,263 Take it, or I'll hang you now from your own sign. 1285 01:19:42,934 --> 01:19:46,323 The leader of your gang is coming here tonight, isn't he? 1286 01:19:47,316 --> 01:19:48,539 Isn't he? 1287 01:19:49,547 --> 01:19:51,309 - Yes. - What time? 1288 01:19:52,823 --> 01:19:55,680 He ordered his boat to be off the point at 10 o'clock. 1289 01:19:55,706 --> 01:19:58,060 Ah, but he'll call here for his passengers, won't he? 1290 01:19:58,086 --> 01:19:59,052 He might! 1291 01:19:59,078 --> 01:19:59,978 Might? 1292 01:20:00,480 --> 01:20:03,186 You'll look pretty swinging in the wind. 1293 01:20:04,254 --> 01:20:05,603 How does he know it's safe? 1294 01:20:06,381 --> 01:20:07,897 What is the signal? 1295 01:20:09,065 --> 01:20:10,938 A lantern in the attic window. 1296 01:20:11,544 --> 01:20:13,536 Waved up and down for danger... 1297 01:20:14,141 --> 01:20:16,316 across the window when all is clear. 1298 01:20:18,725 --> 01:20:20,368 Come on. sergeant. 1299 01:20:38,603 --> 01:20:41,063 That is the wrong signal, Lady Blakeney. 1300 01:20:42,803 --> 01:20:44,962 That will keep Sir Percy away! 1301 01:20:51,718 --> 01:20:53,075 This is the right one. 1302 01:20:53,341 --> 01:20:55,023 This will bring him here. 1303 01:20:55,852 --> 01:20:57,789 I can see you are longing to see him 1304 01:20:57,815 --> 01:20:59,354 As I am myself. 1305 01:21:01,644 --> 01:21:03,882 What a great actor Sir Percy is. 1306 01:21:04,155 --> 01:21:05,782 A thousand ways to cheat 1307 01:21:05,808 --> 01:21:08,590 the poor, stupid officials of the Republic. 1308 01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:11,809 Look, costumes, wigs, paint. 1309 01:21:12,782 --> 01:21:14,313 What will he be next? 1310 01:21:14,736 --> 01:21:18,194 In what disguise will he arrive when the clock strikes 10? 1311 01:21:18,773 --> 01:21:21,368 I must arrange a reassuring atmosphere for him. 1312 01:21:23,348 --> 01:21:24,697 An old woman? 1313 01:21:24,754 --> 01:21:26,158 No, he has overdone that. 1314 01:21:27,677 --> 01:21:29,137 A priest... 1315 01:21:30,339 --> 01:21:31,894 What could be more harmless? 1316 01:21:32,258 --> 01:21:35,110 And so useful when it comes to the last offices. 1317 01:21:36,175 --> 01:21:37,437 Sergeant... 1318 01:21:38,114 --> 01:21:40,593 You shall have the privilege of watching over the Republic's 1319 01:21:40,619 --> 01:21:43,278 most charming prisoner for the rest of the evening. 1320 01:21:45,097 --> 01:21:46,153 Milady. 1321 01:21:49,963 --> 01:21:51,389 - Duroc - Citizen? 1322 01:21:51,415 --> 01:21:52,389 Everything ready? 1323 01:21:52,415 --> 01:21:54,725 The dragoons should be here at any moment. 1324 01:21:54,751 --> 01:21:56,944 Arrange for a firing squad as soon as they arrive. 1325 01:21:56,970 --> 01:21:59,214 Are you so certain you'll get him? 1326 01:21:59,240 --> 01:22:00,208 Quite. 1327 01:22:00,623 --> 01:22:03,275 Thanks to a charming friend I found in there. 1328 01:22:11,334 --> 01:22:13,120 - What time is it? - Quarter to 10. 1329 01:22:13,146 --> 01:22:15,265 Remember, he has to think his way is clear. 1330 01:22:15,291 --> 01:22:17,273 He must not suspect anything until he's in the trap. 1331 01:23:08,308 --> 01:23:09,569 Good evening, Monsieur Chauvelin. 1332 01:23:09,595 --> 01:23:11,405 How nice of you to wait up for me. 1333 01:23:12,968 --> 01:23:14,033 Well... 1334 01:23:14,059 --> 01:23:16,495 I had no idea you were in holy order. 1335 01:23:17,118 --> 01:23:18,920 This is only an innocent masquerade 1336 01:23:18,946 --> 01:23:20,596 like so many of your own, Sir Percy. 1337 01:23:20,622 --> 01:23:22,461 Ah, but mine were successful. 1338 01:23:22,487 --> 01:23:24,638 Mine may prove successful yet. 1339 01:23:25,219 --> 01:23:27,036 You walked in here quite freely 1340 01:23:27,174 --> 01:23:28,769 but you won't walk out a free man. 1341 01:23:29,511 --> 01:23:31,487 A prophet now, Monsieur Chauvelin. 1342 01:23:31,513 --> 01:23:33,878 The time for laughing is past, Sir Percy. 1343 01:23:34,359 --> 01:23:36,089 I've sought for a year. 1344 01:23:36,285 --> 01:23:37,815 Your energy, your ingenuity 1345 01:23:37,841 --> 01:23:40,203 your audacity have been quite admirable. 1346 01:23:40,723 --> 01:23:42,072 But now... 1347 01:23:42,198 --> 01:23:43,388 The game is up! 1348 01:23:43,709 --> 01:23:46,130 Because all the trumps are in your hand, eh? 1349 01:23:46,365 --> 01:23:47,524 Precisely. 1350 01:23:47,742 --> 01:23:49,951 This house is surrounded by my soldiers. 1351 01:23:49,977 --> 01:23:51,263 I've only to raise my voice 1352 01:23:51,289 --> 01:23:53,543 Yes, yes, I see your point. 1353 01:23:53,803 --> 01:23:55,359 I see your point. 1354 01:23:56,175 --> 01:23:57,604 But suppose... 1355 01:23:57,740 --> 01:23:59,415 Suppose I could reach a door? 1356 01:24:00,854 --> 01:24:02,164 The night is black. 1357 01:24:02,786 --> 01:24:04,016 The sea is mine. 1358 01:24:04,414 --> 01:24:06,049 I make a dash! 1359 01:24:07,290 --> 01:24:08,727 I don't make a dash. 1360 01:24:10,144 --> 01:24:11,429 I don't need to. 1361 01:24:12,433 --> 01:24:14,321 Because one of my friends might shoot you... 1362 01:24:15,516 --> 01:24:17,199 From behind, hidden in that clock! 1363 01:24:19,848 --> 01:24:22,792 Oh, come now... No one really hides in a clock. 1364 01:24:23,645 --> 01:24:24,819 Besides... 1365 01:24:25,782 --> 01:24:27,417 I still have... 1366 01:24:27,816 --> 01:24:30,641 One more avenue of escape... 1367 01:24:31,169 --> 01:24:32,463 Open to me. 1368 01:24:33,054 --> 01:24:34,277 Don't move! 1369 01:24:35,045 --> 01:24:35,935 Gunpowder! 1370 01:24:35,961 --> 01:24:37,366 If I drop this in here... 1371 01:24:37,392 --> 01:24:38,932 I fly straight to heaven. 1372 01:24:39,146 --> 01:24:40,914 And you know where you fly to. 1373 01:24:50,977 --> 01:24:53,041 Don't be alarmed Monsieur Chauvelin. 1374 01:24:53,578 --> 01:24:55,268 It's not gunpowder. 1375 01:25:01,116 --> 01:25:02,457 Thank you Wilmot. 1376 01:25:02,482 --> 01:25:04,252 You just arrived in time. 1377 01:25:04,692 --> 01:25:07,351 I've had five delightful minutes with Monsieur Chauvelin. 1378 01:25:07,498 --> 01:25:10,538 I trust there was time enough to get Armand and de Tournay into safety. 1379 01:25:10,572 --> 01:25:12,050 Yes, they're safe. 1380 01:25:12,129 --> 01:25:13,136 Good. 1381 01:25:13,583 --> 01:25:14,988 Now we need five minutes. 1382 01:25:15,307 --> 01:25:17,014 Then I shan't trouble you anymore. 1383 01:25:17,218 --> 01:25:18,233 For the moment. 1384 01:25:18,259 --> 01:25:19,981 We must have the password, Percy. 1385 01:25:20,007 --> 01:25:21,253 The password. 1386 01:25:21,552 --> 01:25:23,219 Do we have to use force? 1387 01:25:24,713 --> 01:25:26,229 Not at all, Sir Percy. 1388 01:25:26,568 --> 01:25:28,687 The password is, "The Channel is Free". 1389 01:25:28,806 --> 01:25:29,782 Splendid! 1390 01:25:29,808 --> 01:25:30,725 Wilmot... 1391 01:25:30,751 --> 01:25:32,283 You get them onto the ship. 1392 01:25:32,509 --> 01:25:34,835 I'll take care of our friend and join you in a minute. 1393 01:25:38,675 --> 01:25:40,413 That was quite sensible of you... 1394 01:25:40,593 --> 01:25:41,704 Monsieur Chauvelin. 1395 01:25:41,730 --> 01:25:43,138 Not at all, Sir Percy. 1396 01:25:43,164 --> 01:25:44,171 You may go... 1397 01:25:44,197 --> 01:25:46,687 Because I know you'll come back of your own free will. 1398 01:25:47,340 --> 01:25:49,840 You overestimate the charm of your society. 1399 01:25:50,023 --> 01:25:53,212 I told you once, the time for jesting was over. 1400 01:25:54,315 --> 01:25:56,490 I have all the trumps in my hand. 1401 01:25:56,834 --> 01:25:59,572 In that room upstairs, there's a woman under arrest 1402 01:25:59,754 --> 01:26:03,024 who has forfeited her life by aiding the enemies of the Republic. 1403 01:26:04,786 --> 01:26:05,715 What woman? 1404 01:26:05,741 --> 01:26:07,199 Lady Blakeney. 1405 01:26:13,033 --> 01:26:14,906 Is the game up, Sir Percy? 1406 01:26:15,586 --> 01:26:17,690 Is this the last adventure? 1407 01:26:21,762 --> 01:26:23,175 I give up, Chauvelin. 1408 01:26:26,369 --> 01:26:27,671 What next? 1409 01:26:27,823 --> 01:26:30,196 There is a firing squad outside. 1410 01:26:32,089 --> 01:26:33,304 And my wife? 1411 01:26:33,441 --> 01:26:35,456 The Revolutionary Tribunal. 1412 01:26:35,762 --> 01:26:37,190 That means death! 1413 01:26:37,399 --> 01:26:40,280 It would have meant my death if I had not caught you! 1414 01:26:43,393 --> 01:26:45,060 Don't be alarmed, Sir Percy. 1415 01:26:46,182 --> 01:26:47,960 I don't want your wife's life. 1416 01:26:48,201 --> 01:26:50,296 She's free the moment you die. 1417 01:26:52,244 --> 01:26:53,744 I offer you a pact. 1418 01:26:57,868 --> 01:26:59,797 If you promise to say nothing to her... 1419 01:27:00,435 --> 01:27:02,537 If you'll send her on to my ship immediately... 1420 01:27:03,551 --> 01:27:05,670 I'll walk up in front of your firing squad. 1421 01:27:10,747 --> 01:27:11,993 I accept. 1422 01:27:13,130 --> 01:27:14,345 Sergeant! 1423 01:27:15,819 --> 01:27:17,303 Bring milady down. 1424 01:27:21,457 --> 01:27:22,679 Percy! 1425 01:27:29,702 --> 01:27:31,607 I wanted to give my life to save you. 1426 01:27:31,633 --> 01:27:33,860 - Forgive me, Percy. - My dear, it's nothing! 1427 01:27:33,856 --> 01:27:35,348 I'm in no danger. 1428 01:27:41,987 --> 01:27:43,090 Percy. 1429 01:27:43,888 --> 01:27:45,182 I want to... 1430 01:27:45,899 --> 01:27:47,312 I want to die with you! 1431 01:27:49,639 --> 01:27:51,076 Don't move, Chauvelin. 1432 01:27:52,147 --> 01:27:54,353 Our parting would be too cruel, even for you. 1433 01:27:55,388 --> 01:27:57,349 Just take her out while she's still unconscious. 1434 01:27:57,987 --> 01:27:59,868 My boat should be at the point by now. 1435 01:28:01,444 --> 01:28:02,841 Good bye, my sweet. 1436 01:28:04,232 --> 01:28:05,398 It's good to know that... 1437 01:28:06,107 --> 01:28:07,448 That you loved me... 1438 01:28:07,704 --> 01:28:09,005 A little. 1439 01:28:23,992 --> 01:28:25,087 Duroc! 1440 01:28:25,438 --> 01:28:27,979 Send this lady to the English ship around the point. 1441 01:28:28,005 --> 01:28:30,322 If anybody attempts to land, shoot! 1442 01:28:30,596 --> 01:28:31,707 Yes, Citizen. 1443 01:28:31,940 --> 01:28:33,416 You two go with him. 1444 01:28:45,273 --> 01:28:47,313 Do you like poetry, Monsieur Chauvelin? 1445 01:28:47,552 --> 01:28:49,620 "That damned elusive Pimpernel". 1446 01:28:49,646 --> 01:28:53,322 No, no... I mean, uh, poetry. 1447 01:28:56,333 --> 01:28:58,801 "This other Eden, demiparadise" 1448 01:28:59,600 --> 01:29:01,831 "This fortress built by nature for herself" 1449 01:29:01,857 --> 01:29:04,596 "Against infection and the hand of war" 1450 01:29:07,006 --> 01:29:09,038 "This happy breed of men" 1451 01:29:09,104 --> 01:29:10,628 "This little world" 1452 01:29:12,219 --> 01:29:15,925 "This precious stone, set in the silver sea" 1453 01:29:17,405 --> 01:29:19,151 "This blessed plot" 1454 01:29:19,551 --> 01:29:20,742 "This earth" 1455 01:29:20,924 --> 01:29:22,361 "This realm" 1456 01:29:23,974 --> 01:29:25,426 "This England" 1457 01:29:27,813 --> 01:29:29,623 Oh, damn me, I forget the rest. 1458 01:29:30,542 --> 01:29:32,979 Firing party, halt! 1459 01:29:33,053 --> 01:29:34,640 Left turn! 1460 01:29:35,030 --> 01:29:36,744 Ground muskets! 1461 01:29:37,796 --> 01:29:39,121 Duroc! 1462 01:29:46,829 --> 01:29:49,893 Zounds, now it appears I shan't have time to remember. 1463 01:30:12,348 --> 01:30:13,832 Shoulder muskets! 1464 01:30:14,954 --> 01:30:16,136 Left turn! 1465 01:30:16,789 --> 01:30:17,987 Quick march! 1466 01:30:26,370 --> 01:30:27,735 Ready! 1467 01:30:31,869 --> 01:30:32,769 Present. 1468 01:30:32,912 --> 01:30:34,063 Present! 1469 01:30:36,055 --> 01:30:36,955 Fire. 1470 01:30:37,066 --> 01:30:38,612 Fire! 1471 01:30:48,489 --> 01:30:49,703 Finished? 1472 01:30:49,951 --> 01:30:53,023 I'm so sorry, Monsieur Chauvelin, I had to come back for my hat. 1473 01:30:53,049 --> 01:30:55,216 It's such a cursed good hat, you know. 1474 01:30:58,825 --> 01:31:00,746 Now, now, don't look at me like that! 1475 01:31:01,298 --> 01:31:03,512 Sink me, if you don't think I'm my own ghost. 1476 01:31:04,103 --> 01:31:05,301 Duroc! 1477 01:31:05,327 --> 01:31:06,525 Captain Duroc? 1478 01:31:07,236 --> 01:31:08,767 I'm afraid it will be an hour or so 1479 01:31:08,793 --> 01:31:11,851 before poor Captain Duroc will be able to resume his duty. 1480 01:31:13,752 --> 01:31:16,332 I regret that I struck him rather violently. 1481 01:31:17,012 --> 01:31:18,202 Seize him! 1482 01:31:18,229 --> 01:31:21,443 Always so impulsive, my dear Monsieur Chauvelin. 1483 01:31:23,905 --> 01:31:25,272 This, ah... 1484 01:31:25,298 --> 01:31:27,111 is my firing squad. 1485 01:31:27,137 --> 01:31:29,385 Allow me to present Ffoulkes, Dewhurst... 1486 01:31:29,411 --> 01:31:31,570 Hastings, Belville, and the rest. 1487 01:31:31,703 --> 01:31:33,735 But of course you know all about them. 1488 01:31:35,278 --> 01:31:37,317 You look rather excited, Chauvelin. 1489 01:31:37,826 --> 01:31:39,525 I think you need cooling down. 1490 01:31:39,957 --> 01:31:41,060 So... 1491 01:31:51,901 --> 01:31:53,758 Just a peaceful little nap... 1492 01:31:54,152 --> 01:31:56,318 Like we had in the Grenville library. 1493 01:32:19,178 --> 01:32:21,082 Are we really free, Percy? 1494 01:32:21,419 --> 01:32:23,062 Not you, darling. 1495 01:32:23,604 --> 01:32:26,318 Chauvelin said you'd be free the moment I died. 1496 01:32:28,990 --> 01:32:30,950 It won't be a moment sooner. 1497 01:32:33,035 --> 01:32:35,503 Land ahead! 1498 01:32:36,434 --> 01:32:37,871 Look, Marguerite! 1499 01:32:38,651 --> 01:32:39,929 England!