1 00:00:02,875 --> 00:00:07,051 [Unlocking and opening of cell door] 2 00:00:15,558 --> 00:00:18,825 The former Duke and Duchess de Grenoble. 3 00:00:18,857 --> 00:00:22,103 There they are! 4 00:00:22,134 --> 00:00:25,349 [Moans and cries] 5 00:00:28,585 --> 00:00:31,090 The former bishop of arles. 6 00:01:40,642 --> 00:01:44,817 [The tumbrel brings a load of aristocrats to the guillotine] 7 00:01:56,665 --> 00:02:00,840 [Drum rolls] 8 00:02:01,383 --> 00:02:05,558 [Sound of guillotine dropping and crowd cheering] 9 00:02:14,118 --> 00:02:16,727 [Drum rolls] 10 00:02:40,214 --> 00:02:44,389 Our father who art in heaven. [Drums roll...Blade drops...Crowd cheers] 11 00:02:50,746 --> 00:02:52,562 Death to the aristocrats! 12 00:02:52,594 --> 00:02:54,723 [Crowd yells] Death to the aristos! 13 00:02:54,754 --> 00:02:57,385 Long live the Republic! 14 00:02:57,416 --> 00:03:00,005 Long live the Republic. 15 00:03:00,047 --> 00:03:02,646 [Drum rolls] 16 00:03:30,955 --> 00:03:34,107 'Ere, what's this? You got yours already. 17 00:03:34,264 --> 00:03:36,320 These is empty, Citizen. 18 00:03:36,936 --> 00:03:40,057 You wouldn't begrudge a man his fair share, now, would you? 19 00:03:40,088 --> 00:03:41,257 All right. 20 00:03:47,594 --> 00:03:48,418 Giddap. 21 00:03:52,928 --> 00:03:56,164 The former count de beaulier, and family. 22 00:03:56,205 --> 00:03:57,019 Here they are! 23 00:04:00,579 --> 00:04:01,884 I beg of you, Monsieur. 24 00:04:02,019 --> 00:04:03,324 Fear not, my son. 25 00:04:04,065 --> 00:04:06,477 If you will look at the passages that I have marked, 26 00:04:06,518 --> 00:04:08,147 your spirits will be uplifted. 27 00:04:08,178 --> 00:04:09,911 It's not for myself, I fear, father, 28 00:04:09,942 --> 00:04:12,688 but my wife, and the boy. 29 00:04:13,804 --> 00:04:15,579 They have done nothing! 30 00:04:15,621 --> 00:04:16,362 They are innocent! 31 00:04:16,393 --> 00:04:18,168 Innocent? Ha! 32 00:04:18,909 --> 00:04:21,466 Show me one aristo that is innocent 33 00:04:21,498 --> 00:04:23,366 and you can spit in my face. 34 00:04:23,878 --> 00:04:26,299 Surely the child is too young to die. 35 00:04:26,331 --> 00:04:30,182 Even so, he will live on... Through the mercy of our Lord. 36 00:04:31,654 --> 00:04:33,147 Look here, my son. 37 00:04:33,272 --> 00:04:35,548 [Mark of the Scarlet Pimpernel.] 38 00:04:35,589 --> 00:04:36,644 Take them away! 39 00:04:38,564 --> 00:04:41,028 Former Marquis Cetterais. 40 00:04:41,070 --> 00:04:42,374 There he is! 41 00:04:43,053 --> 00:04:44,306 We've come to help you. 42 00:04:45,475 --> 00:04:46,383 Quickly. 43 00:05:01,289 --> 00:05:02,677 Be brave my darling. 44 00:05:02,719 --> 00:05:04,493 Huh! 45 00:06:03,317 --> 00:06:03,951 Ho there! 46 00:06:03,961 --> 00:06:05,026 Sergeant Beavo. 47 00:06:05,055 --> 00:06:06,172 Yes sir. 48 00:06:06,204 --> 00:06:09,033 Count de Beaulieu and his family have escaped from the Temple prison. 49 00:06:09,064 --> 00:06:11,454 We've just received word that the Scarlet Pimpernel 50 00:06:11,486 --> 00:06:12,540 is at large in the city. 51 00:06:12,782 --> 00:06:15,255 Could be he'll try to smuggle them out of the country 52 00:06:15,287 --> 00:06:17,322 by way of this, or one of the other gates. 53 00:06:17,896 --> 00:06:20,005 Be on the alert, and keep your eyes open. 54 00:06:21,101 --> 00:06:22,228 All right, lads. 55 00:06:22,489 --> 00:06:24,389 Search every cart that comes through. 56 00:06:32,009 --> 00:06:33,711 All right, let's see your papers. 57 00:06:33,742 --> 00:06:35,402 Oh, everything in order, Sergeant. 58 00:06:37,270 --> 00:06:39,274 Let me see inside those coffins. 59 00:06:39,306 --> 00:06:40,819 What, open the coffins? 60 00:06:40,850 --> 00:06:42,134 You heard me. 61 00:06:42,761 --> 00:06:43,711 All right. 62 00:06:43,909 --> 00:06:46,654 Yeah! Do as he says. 63 00:06:51,164 --> 00:06:52,740 Best be warned, sergeant, aye. 64 00:06:53,471 --> 00:06:56,894 Madame le Guillotine's handiwork is not a pretty sight. 65 00:06:56,926 --> 00:06:58,658 Uh..see for yourself. 66 00:06:58,690 --> 00:07:00,412 If you got the stomach. 67 00:07:02,656 --> 00:07:04,253 [Laughter] 68 00:07:04,264 --> 00:07:05,078 Take it back. 69 00:07:05,109 --> 00:07:07,583 What's the matter, sergeant. It must have been pretty bad. 70 00:07:07,615 --> 00:07:09,306 Get out of here. Go on. Clear out! 71 00:07:09,337 --> 00:07:10,986 The other two are even prettier! 72 00:07:11,018 --> 00:07:12,406 Get out of here. Go on. 73 00:07:12,448 --> 00:07:13,262 Aw right, aw right. 74 00:07:13,293 --> 00:07:14,734 You don't know what you're missing. 75 00:07:14,765 --> 00:07:15,423 Get out! 76 00:07:15,464 --> 00:07:16,070 Now, now. 77 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:17,761 Open the gates. Go on. 78 00:07:19,869 --> 00:07:21,247 What are you laughing at? 79 00:07:42,124 --> 00:07:43,293 [Whistles] 80 00:08:31,352 --> 00:08:32,500 My darling. 81 00:08:38,554 --> 00:08:40,871 Who is this man that risks so much for us? 82 00:08:40,903 --> 00:08:43,314 That, sir, is the Scarlet Pimpernel. 83 00:08:52,813 --> 00:08:53,690 Within the hour, 84 00:08:53,721 --> 00:08:55,861 this countryside will be swarming with soldiers. 85 00:08:57,103 --> 00:08:58,345 God willing, you'll reach the coast 86 00:08:58,387 --> 00:08:59,598 before they can catch up with you. 87 00:09:00,005 --> 00:09:01,174 Do you know the rendezvous? 88 00:09:01,226 --> 00:09:02,270 Unchanged? 89 00:09:02,437 --> 00:09:03,648 Unchanged. 90 00:09:04,567 --> 00:09:06,446 My ship will be waiting to take you to England. 91 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:07,656 Now, go quickly. 92 00:09:08,064 --> 00:09:09,233 God's speed. 93 00:09:09,796 --> 00:09:10,986 And what about you, Percy? 94 00:09:11,028 --> 00:09:12,406 I'm back to Paris. 95 00:09:12,876 --> 00:09:14,431 But I shall see you shortly. 96 00:09:14,462 --> 00:09:16,143 Right. 97 00:09:24,274 --> 00:09:29,650 'The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Sir Percival Blakeney, Baronet. 98 00:09:31,135 --> 00:09:32,707 'They seek him here. 99 00:09:33,352 --> 00:09:34,920 'They seek him there. 100 00:09:35,510 --> 00:09:39,206 'Those frenchies seek him everywhere. 101 00:09:39,985 --> 00:09:41,760 'Is he in heaven? 102 00:09:42,108 --> 00:09:43,778 'Or is he in hell? 103 00:09:44,065 --> 00:09:45,252 'That damned, 104 00:09:45,664 --> 00:09:46,464 'elusive 105 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:48,803 'pimpernel.' 106 00:09:48,815 --> 00:09:49,884 [laughter and clapping] 107 00:09:49,908 --> 00:09:53,436 Oh, do tell us more about the Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy. 108 00:09:53,467 --> 00:09:55,513 All Paris is talking about him. 109 00:09:55,555 --> 00:09:57,605 Nothing more to tell, my dear Susanne. 110 00:09:57,629 --> 00:10:00,364 Except, that he and his band of friends 111 00:10:00,405 --> 00:10:03,130 have sworn to save as many as they can 112 00:10:03,788 --> 00:10:06,261 from Madame le Guillotine. 113 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:08,662 At least tell us who he is. 114 00:10:08,904 --> 00:10:12,317 Sink me, Mademoiselle, if I knew that I'd be the toast of London, what! 115 00:10:13,419 --> 00:10:14,442 That 116 00:10:14,568 --> 00:10:16,196 would seem to be 117 00:10:16,311 --> 00:10:17,424 the mystery. 118 00:10:17,448 --> 00:10:20,508 What exactly is a scarlet pimpernel, Sir Percy? 119 00:10:20,532 --> 00:10:23,090 Nothing more than a humble wayside flower. 120 00:10:23,445 --> 00:10:25,543 Rather common in point of fact. 121 00:10:25,567 --> 00:10:27,352 Still, what's in name? 122 00:10:27,376 --> 00:10:29,918 Surely the deeds of a man speak for themselves. 123 00:10:30,386 --> 00:10:32,486 I only wish there were more like him. 124 00:10:32,510 --> 00:10:34,870 Odds fish, my dear, one is quite enough. 125 00:10:35,270 --> 00:10:37,559 The fellow's already made life damned inconvenient, 126 00:10:37,583 --> 00:10:38,689 for the rest of us. 127 00:10:38,713 --> 00:10:39,813 Inconvenient? 128 00:10:39,837 --> 00:10:41,280 Why, yes indeed ma'am. 129 00:10:41,305 --> 00:10:43,560 Because of this Pimpernel chappie... 130 00:10:43,584 --> 00:10:45,959 Your revolutionary guards suspect anyone 131 00:10:45,983 --> 00:10:48,834 who looks, or even sounds, remotely English. 132 00:10:49,258 --> 00:10:50,258 Sink me! 133 00:10:50,482 --> 00:10:53,537 This whole revolution of yours is monstrous intolerable. 134 00:10:53,661 --> 00:10:56,318 Please, don't credit us with this madness. 135 00:10:56,342 --> 00:10:59,480 The revolution, itself, may have started as a noble enterprise. 136 00:10:59,504 --> 00:11:00,504 This... 137 00:11:00,528 --> 00:11:03,054 Yet, we did bring it on ourselves, papa. 138 00:11:03,078 --> 00:11:05,040 We, the French aristocracy, 139 00:11:05,082 --> 00:11:07,880 with all our arrogance and excesses 140 00:11:07,904 --> 00:11:10,425 I feel my daughter does our class an injustice. 141 00:11:10,447 --> 00:11:13,849 Most of us are decent men,... Quite innocent. 142 00:11:13,955 --> 00:11:16,843 It is only a few, who are guilty of any serious offense. 143 00:11:16,867 --> 00:11:19,392 Yet, the innocent are being dragged down with the guilty. 144 00:11:19,416 --> 00:11:21,703 There's no reason given or needed. 145 00:11:21,727 --> 00:11:24,431 Our world is topsy-turvy, Sir Percy. 146 00:11:24,455 --> 00:11:26,172 Then why do we look the other way, 147 00:11:26,196 --> 00:11:28,133 and pretend that nothing is happening? 148 00:11:28,457 --> 00:11:30,862 While brave men, like this Scarlet Pimpernel, 149 00:11:30,886 --> 00:11:32,665 do our work for us? 150 00:11:32,689 --> 00:11:34,182 Only today, for example, 151 00:11:34,206 --> 00:11:37,034 our friends, the Count and Countess de Beaulieu 152 00:11:37,065 --> 00:11:38,986 as well as their only son... 153 00:11:39,017 --> 00:11:40,677 No,...not the Beaulieus... 154 00:11:40,708 --> 00:11:42,595 Calm yourself, my dear, 155 00:11:42,737 --> 00:11:45,190 all three were spared at the last minute, 156 00:11:45,273 --> 00:11:46,672 thanks to the Scarlet Pimpernel. 157 00:11:46,714 --> 00:11:47,998 Oh, thank heavens. 158 00:11:48,603 --> 00:11:51,578 God bless this Scarlet Pimpernel, whoever he may be. 159 00:11:51,620 --> 00:11:54,375 Surely, he must be an angel in disguise. 160 00:11:56,254 --> 00:11:57,424 Amen. 161 00:12:10,444 --> 00:12:11,686 Pull-up, over there. 162 00:12:15,026 --> 00:12:17,949 [Sound of fighting] 163 00:12:17,980 --> 00:12:20,621 My dear, Marquis, consider the offence, 164 00:12:20,652 --> 00:12:23,679 don't you think your methods are slightly harsh? 165 00:12:24,066 --> 00:12:27,740 That revolutionary seduced my daughter, Baron de Batz. 166 00:12:28,471 --> 00:12:29,295 Drive on. 167 00:12:31,404 --> 00:12:34,504 [Fighting continues] 168 00:12:34,702 --> 00:12:35,558 I say. 169 00:12:37,406 --> 00:12:38,763 Ahhhh. 170 00:12:39,598 --> 00:12:40,631 Uh. 171 00:12:47,281 --> 00:12:48,158 Ha, ha. 172 00:12:53,074 --> 00:12:56,091 It would seem your friend is in distress. 173 00:12:56,675 --> 00:12:58,387 To the rescue. 174 00:13:03,836 --> 00:13:04,974 Yours, I believe. 175 00:13:08,345 --> 00:13:09,358 My dear chap. 176 00:13:09,389 --> 00:13:11,112 Ugh. 177 00:13:11,895 --> 00:13:13,523 A little cognac, I think 178 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:15,329 'i call upon you now 179 00:13:15,339 --> 00:13:17,187 'revenge my wrong. 180 00:13:18,074 --> 00:13:21,446 'Your favors will be measured 181 00:13:21,477 --> 00:13:23,429 'by your rage.' 182 00:13:24,055 --> 00:13:28,231 [cheering and applause] 183 00:13:36,258 --> 00:13:40,193 Marguerite, Marguerite, it's Armand, he's been hurt. 184 00:13:40,235 --> 00:13:40,861 Hurt? 185 00:13:40,882 --> 00:13:42,041 There's a man outside with a carriage. 186 00:13:42,072 --> 00:13:42,876 He wants us to go with him. 187 00:13:42,918 --> 00:13:43,763 What can we do? 188 00:13:43,794 --> 00:13:44,963 We must go to him, at once. 189 00:13:46,039 --> 00:13:47,156 What about the rest of the play? 190 00:13:47,730 --> 00:13:48,773 My dear, Louise, 191 00:13:48,805 --> 00:13:51,310 this is the chance every understudy dreams of. 192 00:13:52,114 --> 00:13:54,734 No, I can't. I'm not ready! 193 00:13:54,890 --> 00:13:56,456 You'll be superb. [Kissing her] 194 00:13:56,487 --> 00:13:57,865 But not too superb, I trust. 195 00:13:57,897 --> 00:13:59,452 Why can't you-? 196 00:13:59,995 --> 00:14:01,300 Now, to Armand. 197 00:14:01,446 --> 00:14:02,552 Marguerite! 198 00:14:17,876 --> 00:14:19,076 My poor, Armand! 199 00:14:19,922 --> 00:14:21,133 What happened to you? 200 00:14:22,166 --> 00:14:24,149 Two men, out of the darkness. 201 00:14:24,984 --> 00:14:27,646 If it hadn't been for this gentleman... 202 00:14:28,575 --> 00:14:31,247 My brother and I are indebted to you, Monsieur. 203 00:14:32,876 --> 00:14:33,888 Monsieur? 204 00:14:36,853 --> 00:14:40,767 Sir Percy Blakeney, Mademoiselle. 205 00:14:46,989 --> 00:14:50,788 Although, anyone would have done as much. 206 00:14:53,325 --> 00:14:54,588 If you think that, Monsieur, 207 00:14:55,371 --> 00:14:57,584 you do not know Paris, well. 208 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:03,774 Who were these men that attacked you, my darling. 209 00:15:04,222 --> 00:15:06,655 They were sent by the Marquis de St. Cyr. 210 00:15:06,863 --> 00:15:08,627 I recognized his carriage. 211 00:15:09,212 --> 00:15:12,844 No doubt, to teach me a lesson 212 00:15:13,387 --> 00:15:14,859 I thought it might be this. 213 00:15:15,068 --> 00:15:17,364 One day, I will repay the Marquis for this. 214 00:15:20,465 --> 00:15:21,895 Come, my darling, we'll get you into bed. 215 00:15:21,936 --> 00:15:23,272 Do you think you can? 216 00:15:23,314 --> 00:15:24,128 Thank you. 217 00:15:24,222 --> 00:15:25,663 I'm quite all right, now. 218 00:15:31,707 --> 00:15:33,064 Rather a harsh lesson. 219 00:15:34,765 --> 00:15:37,897 I trust the offence warranted the punishment. 220 00:15:39,723 --> 00:15:41,049 My brother is young 221 00:15:41,801 --> 00:15:43,064 and hot-blooded, Monsieur. 222 00:15:44,849 --> 00:15:48,179 His heart too often leads his head. 223 00:15:49,306 --> 00:15:50,746 I fear he had the impudence 224 00:15:50,778 --> 00:15:52,406 to fall in love with St. Cyr's daughter. 225 00:15:53,116 --> 00:15:56,957 Is love, too, a crime in France these days? 226 00:15:57,166 --> 00:16:00,183 Only, if the Lady is an aristocrat, 227 00:16:01,258 --> 00:16:04,598 whose father insolently thinks that we're bourgeois not fit to breathe 228 00:16:04,629 --> 00:16:06,112 the same air that they do. 229 00:16:06,884 --> 00:16:09,034 If you will excuse me, I must tend to my brother. 230 00:16:10,078 --> 00:16:10,861 Wait! 231 00:16:12,761 --> 00:16:14,254 When will I see you again? 232 00:16:15,872 --> 00:16:17,448 My brother and I 233 00:16:17,938 --> 00:16:19,828 are having a small soirée at our home 234 00:16:20,459 --> 00:16:21,756 in the Rue de Richelieu 235 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:25,590 Sunday next- if you are free. 236 00:16:26,112 --> 00:16:27,938 For such an invitation, Mademoiselle, 237 00:16:29,546 --> 00:16:31,561 I shall make...myself free. 238 00:16:32,636 --> 00:16:33,941 Sunday, next, then. 239 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:37,636 Number 27. 240 00:16:47,667 --> 00:16:48,972 Congratulations. 241 00:16:51,174 --> 00:16:52,594 Congratulations, my dear. 242 00:16:52,636 --> 00:16:54,431 You played a great success, we hear. 243 00:16:54,462 --> 00:16:55,485 Sold out every night. 244 00:16:55,527 --> 00:16:57,333 Isn't it amazing. I was sure no one would come. 245 00:16:57,375 --> 00:16:58,335 Oh, nonsense. 246 00:16:58,366 --> 00:16:59,692 All kinds adore you. 247 00:17:00,016 --> 00:17:01,936 My dear, haven't you heard the news? 248 00:17:01,968 --> 00:17:02,782 News? 249 00:17:02,813 --> 00:17:04,577 Everybody's talking about it. 250 00:17:04,609 --> 00:17:08,220 There were over 20 executions in the Place de la Greve, today. 251 00:17:08,262 --> 00:17:10,172 Twenty-three, to be precise. 252 00:17:11,884 --> 00:17:12,740 Paul! 253 00:17:12,949 --> 00:17:16,394 My dear, I've only just been able to tear myself away. 254 00:17:16,425 --> 00:17:17,270 Oh. 255 00:17:17,531 --> 00:17:18,868 You look so tired. 256 00:17:19,494 --> 00:17:21,414 Come, let's have some champagne. 257 00:17:21,550 --> 00:17:22,876 [Laughter] 258 00:17:23,533 --> 00:17:26,331 You say there were 23 executions today, Chauvelin? 259 00:17:26,362 --> 00:17:27,260 To be precise, 260 00:17:27,302 --> 00:17:29,316 and there will be more, everyday, 261 00:17:29,358 --> 00:17:31,665 until the Committee has purged the Republic 262 00:17:31,696 --> 00:17:32,709 of the last corrupt aristocrat. 263 00:17:33,565 --> 00:17:36,101 Not another speech, Chauvelin! 264 00:17:36,133 --> 00:17:38,972 This is what I have to listen to all day now, my dear. 265 00:17:39,953 --> 00:17:40,820 All day? 266 00:17:40,861 --> 00:17:42,114 I'm afraid so. 267 00:17:42,145 --> 00:17:44,671 This young idealist has just become my assistant. 268 00:17:45,329 --> 00:17:46,717 So he has no choice. 269 00:17:46,863 --> 00:17:48,607 You must be called Chauvelin. 270 00:17:48,648 --> 00:17:50,600 Chief agent for the Committee of National Security, 271 00:17:50,632 --> 00:17:51,853 at your service. 272 00:17:51,895 --> 00:17:53,053 Mademoiselle...? 273 00:17:53,085 --> 00:17:55,684 You have the honor of addressing Louise Longet, 274 00:17:55,715 --> 00:17:56,968 la chantess. 275 00:17:57,010 --> 00:17:58,189 But, of course. 276 00:17:58,220 --> 00:18:00,412 You're Marguerite's new understudy. 277 00:18:00,851 --> 00:18:03,325 I gather you're responsible for the arrest and execution 278 00:18:03,366 --> 00:18:06,174 of all these... Undesirable aristocrats. 279 00:18:06,561 --> 00:18:09,285 That is a small part of my duties, Mademoiselle. 280 00:18:09,316 --> 00:18:11,362 The other is making long, boring speeches 281 00:18:11,394 --> 00:18:12,792 at social functions like this. 282 00:18:13,304 --> 00:18:15,475 Well, now you will have the opportunity to learn 283 00:18:15,506 --> 00:18:17,792 how to make boring speeches, too. 284 00:18:17,855 --> 00:18:21,248 Very well, just for this once, I will overcome my usual 285 00:18:21,289 --> 00:18:25,465 patriotic zeal, and confine myself to a simple toast to the Republic. 286 00:18:26,237 --> 00:18:27,385 The Republic! 287 00:18:27,427 --> 00:18:28,805 [All] The Republic. 288 00:18:33,607 --> 00:18:37,782 Seems the Baron de Batz does not share our enthusiasm for the toast. 289 00:18:40,548 --> 00:18:43,147 Perhaps he is not a friend of... The Republic. 290 00:18:43,189 --> 00:18:45,120 Oh, on the contrary, my dear Chauvelin, 291 00:18:45,235 --> 00:18:47,730 I may be an Austrian, by nationality, 292 00:18:47,761 --> 00:18:49,588 and aristocrat by birth, 293 00:18:49,619 --> 00:18:51,884 but I can assure you that I am 294 00:18:51,916 --> 00:18:53,377 a very good friend of the Republic. 295 00:18:53,419 --> 00:18:56,749 I believe, rather, that the Baron is a friend of profit, 296 00:18:57,688 --> 00:19:00,308 willing to sell his allegiance to the highest bidder. 297 00:19:00,548 --> 00:19:02,375 It would appear, Mademoiselle, that my presence here 298 00:19:02,406 --> 00:19:06,582 this evening is giving you distress. I shall cause you no 299 00:19:06,696 --> 00:19:10,872 further embarrassment, and I shall bid you good evening. 300 00:19:14,369 --> 00:19:17,166 This just shows how vigilant we must be. 301 00:19:17,521 --> 00:19:19,682 We have to root out the enemies in our midst. 302 00:19:19,724 --> 00:19:21,853 We never know where they might strike next. 303 00:19:22,511 --> 00:19:26,592 But, if blood has to be shed, no one, I promise you 304 00:19:26,623 --> 00:19:28,669 regrets it more than I do. 305 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:34,296 "The Dauphin is to be held prisoner in the Temple. St. Cyr." 306 00:19:35,861 --> 00:19:37,417 Ah, there you are. 307 00:19:37,458 --> 00:19:39,035 How could you be so rude? 308 00:19:39,066 --> 00:19:39,786 To de Batz? 309 00:19:39,817 --> 00:19:41,383 He was a guest in my home. 310 00:19:41,425 --> 00:19:42,417 An unworthy guest. 311 00:19:42,448 --> 00:19:44,828 The man is suspected of selling secret information 312 00:19:44,859 --> 00:19:45,903 to the Austrian government. 313 00:19:45,966 --> 00:19:48,095 And why haven't you arrested him? 314 00:19:48,137 --> 00:19:51,154 Because, my dear, he also sells secret information, 315 00:19:51,195 --> 00:19:52,866 about the Austrians, to us. 316 00:19:52,907 --> 00:19:54,661 You've executed men for less. 317 00:19:54,692 --> 00:19:56,383 Revolutions are never bloodless. 318 00:19:56,415 --> 00:20:00,590 This brief reign of terror, will purge the land of all corruption. 319 00:20:02,678 --> 00:20:04,410 And take us to new heights. 320 00:20:05,736 --> 00:20:08,534 Be careful where it takes you, Paul. 321 00:20:08,565 --> 00:20:11,321 To a new order. To the day of glory. 322 00:20:12,062 --> 00:20:13,982 And we will be proud of it, margarite, 323 00:20:14,014 --> 00:20:15,893 you and I. Just as we've always dreamed. 324 00:20:16,811 --> 00:20:19,400 And then I will make you my wife. 325 00:20:19,911 --> 00:20:22,511 And the future will be ours. 326 00:20:25,287 --> 00:20:26,790 Sir Percy! 327 00:20:27,959 --> 00:20:30,653 Lord, Mademoiselle, you are even 328 00:20:30,694 --> 00:20:33,596 more beautiful, than I recall. 329 00:20:35,747 --> 00:20:38,461 If that is possible. 330 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,291 Paul, this is the gentleman who rescued Armand. 331 00:20:42,490 --> 00:20:46,550 Paul Chauvelin, chief agent of the Committee of National Security. 332 00:20:46,957 --> 00:20:48,387 Sir Percy Blakeney. 333 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:52,824 It is a pleasure... Monsieur. 334 00:20:52,866 --> 00:20:57,341 The pleasure, I can assure you, is all mine. 335 00:20:59,504 --> 00:21:00,861 Monsewer. 336 00:21:00,903 --> 00:21:02,218 Ha, ha, ha. 337 00:21:02,302 --> 00:21:04,776 I must apologize for me tardiness. 338 00:21:04,818 --> 00:21:07,594 'Twas next to impossible, finding a carriage. 339 00:21:07,792 --> 00:21:11,801 Sink me, if everyone isn't so equal in your new society 340 00:21:11,832 --> 00:21:14,358 that no one wants to do the driving anymore. 341 00:21:16,425 --> 00:21:20,141 I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society? 342 00:21:20,172 --> 00:21:24,348 Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. 343 00:21:26,895 --> 00:21:29,003 And in that sense, you rather overrate 344 00:21:29,045 --> 00:21:31,154 the charm of your society. 345 00:21:31,592 --> 00:21:34,369 Faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous 346 00:21:34,410 --> 00:21:36,644 ill-dressed for any society, 347 00:21:36,686 --> 00:21:38,930 even a new one. 348 00:21:39,243 --> 00:21:41,289 Sink me, your tailors have betrayed you. 349 00:21:41,331 --> 00:21:44,484 Betrayed us? We pride ourselves on our French tailors. 350 00:21:44,515 --> 00:21:47,636 Odds fish, my dear fellow, such shoddy workmanship 351 00:21:47,678 --> 00:21:50,538 would not be tolerated in London for one tiny instant. 352 00:21:51,122 --> 00:21:54,515 Look you here, sir, at this limp cravat. 353 00:21:54,692 --> 00:21:56,279 I ask you! 354 00:21:56,696 --> 00:21:58,722 Or the sorry cut of this sleeve. 355 00:21:59,275 --> 00:22:00,225 No, no, no. 356 00:22:02,291 --> 00:22:04,619 Of the sad state of those cuffs. 357 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,884 Sink me, I can hardly bring meself to look upon them. 358 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:08,502 No, no, no, sir. 359 00:22:09,003 --> 00:22:10,914 If this is the best your tailors can do. 360 00:22:11,415 --> 00:22:15,089 'Twould serve you better to send them to the guillotine. 361 00:22:15,131 --> 00:22:16,968 We will send our king, instead, sir, 362 00:22:17,177 --> 00:22:19,129 and exalt our tailors. 363 00:22:19,202 --> 00:22:20,757 More's the pity. 364 00:22:21,342 --> 00:22:23,774 Then your tailors will rule the land, 365 00:22:23,815 --> 00:22:26,206 and no one will make the clothes. 366 00:22:26,759 --> 00:22:29,557 So much for French fashion, 367 00:22:30,172 --> 00:22:32,552 and French politics. 368 00:22:33,053 --> 00:22:35,204 What is it you frenchies say? 369 00:22:35,861 --> 00:22:37,646 Two-shay..., 370 00:22:37,678 --> 00:22:41,770 you see, I'm a bit of a poet, and you did not know it. 371 00:22:41,811 --> 00:22:43,555 What? 372 00:22:44,202 --> 00:22:46,613 Well, it has been most amusing, Sir Percy. 373 00:22:46,644 --> 00:22:49,880 But, if you will excuse me, I have someone I must see inside. 374 00:22:50,893 --> 00:22:52,573 Marguerite, my dear. 375 00:22:55,371 --> 00:22:58,085 You really mustn’t tease Chauvelin so recklessly. 376 00:22:58,429 --> 00:23:00,225 He's very powerful in the government. 377 00:23:00,517 --> 00:23:02,897 Already, he's Robespierre's most trusted agent. 378 00:23:03,774 --> 00:23:06,477 The only power that I can see at present, Mademoiselle, 379 00:23:07,772 --> 00:23:11,028 is the power... Of your beauty. 380 00:23:12,375 --> 00:23:14,943 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Sir Percy. 381 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:24,254 This beholder... Is enchanted. 382 00:23:24,818 --> 00:23:26,759 If I were to tell you that I adore you, 383 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:31,018 would you have me do so, stintingly? 384 00:23:31,060 --> 00:23:31,968 Adore me? 385 00:23:36,362 --> 00:23:38,179 Or would you have me declare it as I feel it? 386 00:23:38,951 --> 00:23:40,173 With all my heart. 387 00:23:41,383 --> 00:23:43,419 But you can't be serious. You know nothing about me. 388 00:23:43,461 --> 00:23:44,567 Exactly so. 389 00:23:45,162 --> 00:23:47,010 Which is why I yearn to know everything. 390 00:23:47,646 --> 00:23:49,129 You must tell me all about yourself. 391 00:23:49,525 --> 00:23:50,841 In every detail. 392 00:23:51,081 --> 00:23:52,552 But ever so slowly. 393 00:23:52,813 --> 00:23:54,358 So very slowly. 394 00:23:55,329 --> 00:23:58,784 So that it takes a very... very long time. 395 00:23:59,682 --> 00:24:01,916 I don't know whether are mad, or... 396 00:24:01,958 --> 00:24:02,980 Desperately in love. 397 00:24:03,283 --> 00:24:04,473 'Tis all the same. 398 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:08,638 Tell me if you can... that you do not feel it? 399 00:24:09,995 --> 00:24:13,147 Please... you move too fast. 400 00:24:14,003 --> 00:24:17,365 My heart... dictates the pace. 401 00:24:42,010 --> 00:24:44,024 Good morning, Citizen Robespierre. 402 00:24:44,056 --> 00:24:45,413 Thank you, St. Cyr. 403 00:24:48,022 --> 00:24:48,920 Chauvelin. 404 00:24:49,859 --> 00:24:52,083 The report informs me, there may be an attempt 405 00:24:52,114 --> 00:24:55,295 to rescue the royal family, particularly, the young 406 00:24:55,319 --> 00:24:56,350 Dauphin, heir to the throne. 407 00:24:56,374 --> 00:24:58,809 I shall see to it that security is tightened at once. 408 00:24:58,833 --> 00:25:02,602 And another thing, there is one enemy of the Republic 409 00:25:02,626 --> 00:25:05,444 in particular who continues to elude us, a man we consider 410 00:25:05,486 --> 00:25:09,097 more dangerous than all the others combined, the Scarlet Pimpernel. 411 00:25:09,129 --> 00:25:13,127 With all due respect, Citizen, the man has spared barely 412 00:25:13,168 --> 00:25:15,548 a handful from the guillotine, out of hundreds. 413 00:25:15,590 --> 00:25:17,573 Surely, we overestimate his importance. 414 00:25:17,605 --> 00:25:20,841 On the contrary, unchecked his continued success could 415 00:25:20,872 --> 00:25:22,239 undermine the revolution itself. 416 00:25:22,281 --> 00:25:23,586 Undermine the revolution? 417 00:25:23,628 --> 00:25:25,955 By raising the hopes of those who are conspiring 418 00:25:25,997 --> 00:25:28,294 to overthrow the Republic and restore the monarchy. 419 00:25:28,857 --> 00:25:31,175 So you see, Chauvelin, while this meddlesome 420 00:25:31,206 --> 00:25:33,816 Englishman remains at large he continues to be a menace. 421 00:25:33,857 --> 00:25:35,893 Needless to say, the man who brings him to justice 422 00:25:35,935 --> 00:25:38,189 will earn the gratitude of the nation. 423 00:25:38,231 --> 00:25:40,454 Not to mention, a seat on the Committee. 424 00:25:41,853 --> 00:25:43,486 He must be stopped, Chauvelin. 425 00:25:43,510 --> 00:25:45,174 I shall see to it at once, Citizen. 426 00:25:52,688 --> 00:25:57,657 How is out young friend, Armand St. Just, settling in? 427 00:25:57,688 --> 00:26:02,626 A bit headstrong, perhaps, but I suspect he'll go far. 428 00:26:02,657 --> 00:26:04,797 Huh, huh, huh. 429 00:26:06,175 --> 00:26:11,310 [Clock chimes] 430 00:26:16,530 --> 00:26:19,804 "You can inform your people, that the Dauphin is to be 431 00:26:19,828 --> 00:26:22,600 held prisoner in the Temple. St. Cyr." 432 00:26:22,624 --> 00:26:24,179 Sir Percy Blakeney, Mademoiselle. 433 00:26:24,203 --> 00:26:26,013 Please, show him in, Annette. 434 00:26:35,101 --> 00:26:38,993 Uh, forgive me... if I kept you waiting. 435 00:26:39,617 --> 00:26:41,244 Your note did say eleven. 436 00:26:42,179 --> 00:26:43,747 I had a devil of a time 437 00:26:43,933 --> 00:26:46,461 finding a suitable basket. 438 00:26:50,269 --> 00:26:52,964 A suitable...basket? 439 00:26:52,988 --> 00:26:54,638 Hmm. 440 00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:59,674 I thought...a picnic. 441 00:27:01,835 --> 00:27:03,630 Percy! 442 00:27:21,081 --> 00:27:22,102 Papers. 443 00:27:23,754 --> 00:27:25,567 Papers..if you please. 444 00:27:26,374 --> 00:27:27,251 Sink me. 445 00:27:27,585 --> 00:27:32,678 Surely you recognize the most beautiful actress in France. 446 00:27:34,672 --> 00:27:36,363 A man would have to be blind not to recognize 447 00:27:36,395 --> 00:27:38,159 Mademoiselle Marguerite St. Just. 448 00:27:39,213 --> 00:27:43,524 You there! Make way! Let this carriage pass! 449 00:29:08,482 --> 00:29:09,411 Careful now. 450 00:29:10,257 --> 00:29:10,925 Ugh! 451 00:29:11,478 --> 00:29:12,713 Are you all right, Lord? 452 00:29:12,737 --> 00:29:14,540 Yes, indeed, many thanks. 453 00:29:53,848 --> 00:29:55,841 Damn the Scarlet Pimpernel! 454 00:29:55,967 --> 00:29:58,190 Now he's made off with the Duc de Leon. 455 00:29:58,242 --> 00:30:01,739 He has proved most elusive, Citizen. 456 00:30:03,086 --> 00:30:05,664 A man of many disguises, but, I now believe 457 00:30:05,706 --> 00:30:08,211 that there is only one way to catch him. 458 00:30:08,253 --> 00:30:12,491 How to you propose to find one Englishman among millions. 459 00:30:13,075 --> 00:30:18,493 By simple deduction, Ponceau. This particular Englishman citizen 460 00:30:18,535 --> 00:30:21,196 manages to pass himself off as French. 461 00:30:21,228 --> 00:30:24,860 It follows, therefore, that he comes from that privileged class 462 00:30:24,892 --> 00:30:27,532 brought up by French governesses, tutored by French instructors, 463 00:30:27,564 --> 00:30:31,186 and perhaps even educated at a French university. 464 00:30:32,219 --> 00:30:35,257 In a word, the man is undoubtedly an aristocrat. 465 00:30:35,424 --> 00:30:37,397 And that would explain his sympathies, and 466 00:30:37,428 --> 00:30:39,662 narrow the field considerably. 467 00:30:40,267 --> 00:30:44,829 I believe that we will shall find him at the center of social life in London, 468 00:30:44,871 --> 00:30:47,658 and that is where I propose we track him down. 469 00:30:49,912 --> 00:30:51,603 He does have a point, Ponceau. 470 00:30:52,501 --> 00:30:55,831 While he's in France, the cunning fox is always on his guard, 471 00:30:55,873 --> 00:30:58,013 but in his own backyard, um? 472 00:31:01,259 --> 00:31:05,038 We shall have you appointed special envoy to the court of St. James 473 00:31:05,069 --> 00:31:07,668 as soon as possible. Ponceau will see to the details. 474 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:10,038 I am deeply honored, Citizen. 475 00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:14,620 Would it not be advisable if I were to have the assistance 476 00:31:14,662 --> 00:31:17,459 of someone who is already known to the English? 477 00:31:18,096 --> 00:31:20,246 Someone, whom they trust. 478 00:31:21,478 --> 00:31:23,837 I suspect you already have someone in mind. 479 00:31:23,869 --> 00:31:26,614 Might I suggest the man who served our recently 480 00:31:26,656 --> 00:31:29,589 deposed king as ambassador in London for so long? 481 00:31:29,631 --> 00:31:31,854 I like your sense of irony, Chauvelin. 482 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,915 By all means. The Count de Tourney would be an ideal choice. 483 00:31:36,718 --> 00:31:39,589 Send young Armand St. Just to bring him in. 484 00:31:40,288 --> 00:31:41,572 You must not go, Henri. 485 00:31:41,603 --> 00:31:44,745 I assure you, Madame, Citizen Robespierre merely wishes to 486 00:31:44,787 --> 00:31:46,697 consult with you husband on a matter of state. 487 00:31:46,739 --> 00:31:50,654 Robespierre? I'd sooner trust a snake. 488 00:31:51,259 --> 00:31:53,284 You have known me all my life. 489 00:31:53,326 --> 00:31:56,635 I give you my word, no harm will come to him. 490 00:31:56,844 --> 00:32:01,426 Well, there. You see, mama? You have Armand's word of honor. 491 00:32:03,973 --> 00:32:05,800 I shall be back in time for supper. 492 00:32:12,011 --> 00:32:16,123 Death, robbing my eyes of light, 493 00:32:18,629 --> 00:32:26,739 will give back to the sun its tarnished beauty. 494 00:32:29,317 --> 00:32:33,722 [Applause, cheering] 495 00:32:36,614 --> 00:32:37,355 Percy? 496 00:32:43,535 --> 00:32:44,359 Percy. 497 00:32:57,971 --> 00:33:01,645 'My beloved, I've had to return to England urgently. 498 00:33:01,906 --> 00:33:05,278 'Forgive me, I did not have time to kiss you farewell. 499 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,867 'Your own, Percy.' 500 00:33:20,476 --> 00:33:21,864 Spy? 501 00:33:22,762 --> 00:33:24,766 On my former associates, friends? 502 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:26,395 You still refuse? 503 00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:28,368 Most emphatically. 504 00:33:29,265 --> 00:33:30,414 You must be mad. 505 00:33:30,591 --> 00:33:31,802 Take him to the Temple. 506 00:33:31,885 --> 00:33:34,453 Perhaps some time in prison will bring him to his senses. 507 00:33:43,388 --> 00:33:45,110 Andrew, do you want to double your wager? 508 00:33:46,457 --> 00:33:47,281 Andrew! 509 00:33:47,532 --> 00:33:48,336 Right! 510 00:33:48,711 --> 00:33:50,256 A hundred guineas! 511 00:33:50,298 --> 00:33:51,707 You'll never beat him! 512 00:33:51,749 --> 00:33:53,127 Well, hang on to me tail! 513 00:33:53,931 --> 00:33:54,891 See if you can catch him! 514 00:33:54,922 --> 00:33:56,655 Just you wait! 515 00:33:56,822 --> 00:33:58,263 My goodness, though, you can do it. 516 00:33:58,294 --> 00:34:00,361 You've been a good judge of horse flesh. 517 00:34:00,392 --> 00:34:02,292 You're damned right. That's a hundred guineas, 518 00:34:02,334 --> 00:34:03,419 you owe me, old chap. 519 00:34:03,451 --> 00:34:04,620 Hey, Percy. 520 00:34:06,833 --> 00:34:09,171 There isn't an Englishman alive, who wouldn't be proud 521 00:34:09,213 --> 00:34:11,394 to join the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. 522 00:34:11,425 --> 00:34:14,901 That may be, my friend, but the greater the number, 523 00:34:14,943 --> 00:34:16,958 the greater the risk of betrayal. 524 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,672 No, no, my friends, if we are to succeed 525 00:34:19,714 --> 00:34:22,856 we must maintain our anonymity. 526 00:34:23,889 --> 00:34:25,455 Mask our identities. 527 00:34:26,697 --> 00:34:29,286 Even if it means suffering the mockery of others, 528 00:34:30,215 --> 00:34:31,801 being taken for fools, 529 00:34:32,334 --> 00:34:33,231 fops, 530 00:34:34,265 --> 00:34:35,100 nitwits, 531 00:34:36,227 --> 00:34:37,240 even cowards. 532 00:34:37,281 --> 00:34:39,964 Umm. That's the easy part. The hard part is not being able 533 00:34:40,006 --> 00:34:42,375 to boast about our exploits to the ladies. 534 00:34:42,407 --> 00:34:46,185 [Laughter] 535 00:34:50,256 --> 00:34:51,311 Timmy. 536 00:34:53,471 --> 00:34:54,745 What is it, my dear fellow? 537 00:34:59,463 --> 00:35:00,810 Well, come on, out with it. 538 00:35:03,701 --> 00:35:05,820 Louis the Sixteenth has been executed. 539 00:35:09,881 --> 00:35:10,695 The Queen? 540 00:35:12,469 --> 00:35:14,233 Doomed to follow him to the guillotine. 541 00:35:14,588 --> 00:35:15,956 What news of the young Dauphin? 542 00:35:16,457 --> 00:35:18,534 The heir to the throne has been imprisoned in the Temple. 543 00:35:22,762 --> 00:35:23,993 And there's more. 544 00:35:25,392 --> 00:35:28,555 Your friend the Count de Tourney has also been arrested and taken to the Temple. 545 00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:30,371 His family? 546 00:35:32,469 --> 00:35:34,296 They're still safe by the last report. 547 00:35:39,494 --> 00:35:40,684 Then there's no time to lose. 548 00:35:40,977 --> 00:35:42,950 Andrew, I want you to set up a network of couriers. 549 00:35:44,651 --> 00:35:45,872 We leave for Paris at once. 550 00:35:57,764 --> 00:36:00,217 Deliver this to the captain of the revolutionary guard 551 00:36:00,259 --> 00:36:01,699 in the Place de la Greve. 552 00:36:01,741 --> 00:36:02,419 Yes, sir. 553 00:36:02,461 --> 00:36:03,536 Can't you see that I'm busy? 554 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:06,021 You have arrested the Count de Tourney. 555 00:36:06,062 --> 00:36:07,033 I have. 556 00:36:08,046 --> 00:36:10,079 On the orders of Citizen Robespierre. 557 00:36:10,614 --> 00:36:13,350 I gave my word of honor. 558 00:36:13,463 --> 00:36:16,397 May I remind you, that your first duty is to the Republic 559 00:36:16,428 --> 00:36:18,285 and not to the Count de Tourney in this hour. 560 00:36:19,465 --> 00:36:20,559 You may go. 561 00:36:25,130 --> 00:36:26,247 [Door closes] 562 00:36:26,689 --> 00:36:27,764 My dear Armand. 563 00:36:28,557 --> 00:36:31,501 Such sentiments, especially on behalf of an aristocrat, 564 00:36:31,532 --> 00:36:33,433 could be easily misinterpreted. 565 00:36:33,457 --> 00:36:34,720 You used me. 566 00:36:35,718 --> 00:36:38,025 Yes, and as long as you are here to serve the Committee 567 00:36:38,067 --> 00:36:39,298 I shall continue to use you. 568 00:36:39,392 --> 00:36:42,534 Now, boy, deliver this, to the captain of the Revolutionary Guard 569 00:36:42,566 --> 00:36:44,465 in charge of executions in the Place de la Greve. 570 00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:53,265 [Door closes] 571 00:36:52,396 --> 00:36:54,254 [Drums roll] 572 00:36:56,791 --> 00:36:59,661 [Drums continue to roll] 573 00:37:03,367 --> 00:37:04,860 [Guillotine falls] 574 00:37:04,902 --> 00:37:06,363 [Crowd cheers] 575 00:37:21,352 --> 00:37:23,263 [Death to the aristos] 576 00:37:23,294 --> 00:37:25,173 [Long live the Republic] 577 00:37:31,238 --> 00:37:32,094 Sir! 578 00:37:38,375 --> 00:37:39,190 Captain. 579 00:37:47,069 --> 00:37:51,223 'Must have more executions, and proceed with greater dispatch!' 580 00:37:51,505 --> 00:37:55,409 you can tell Citizen Chauvelin, if he thinks he can do better, 581 00:37:55,441 --> 00:37:58,050 he's quite welcome to come and try for himself. 582 00:37:58,635 --> 00:38:00,326 Might do him good. to get some blood 583 00:38:00,368 --> 00:38:02,027 on those lily-white hands of his. 584 00:38:02,069 --> 00:38:03,134 Ah! 585 00:38:03,969 --> 00:38:06,307 In the name of God, Monsieur, save me. 586 00:38:06,338 --> 00:38:08,603 I swear I've done nothing, nothing! 587 00:38:08,645 --> 00:38:11,725 Save your breath, Mademoiselle, he's one of them that sent you here. 588 00:38:13,635 --> 00:38:15,148 [Spit!] 589 00:38:15,785 --> 00:38:21,203 May God have mercy on your soul, Monsieur. You're surely damned for what you do! 590 00:38:30,618 --> 00:38:32,079 [Scream] Ahhh, ah! 591 00:38:32,103 --> 00:38:37,254 What is it? [Sigh, gasp] A dream. 592 00:38:37,278 --> 00:38:38,374 A hideous dream. 593 00:38:38,416 --> 00:38:40,742 [Gasp] Someone that you saw executed? 594 00:38:40,773 --> 00:38:42,100 No, it's Marguerite. 595 00:38:42,589 --> 00:38:44,500 It was she they led to the guillotine. 596 00:38:45,355 --> 00:38:47,106 It was her head that fell. 597 00:38:47,621 --> 00:38:51,932 Oh, god. Oh my god. Oh my god. 598 00:38:53,706 --> 00:38:56,619 'You can inform your people that 'the Dauphin is to be held 599 00:38:56,650 --> 00:38:59,823 'prisoner in the Temple. 'St. Cyr.' 600 00:38:59,854 --> 00:39:03,069 [applause for Marguerite] 601 00:39:05,658 --> 00:39:06,410 My darling! 602 00:39:06,452 --> 00:39:08,544 Marguerite, my dearest. 603 00:39:08,967 --> 00:39:09,980 Paul! 604 00:39:11,399 --> 00:39:13,132 What is it, my dear. You look as if you'd 605 00:39:13,174 --> 00:39:13,988 seen a ghost? 606 00:39:14,166 --> 00:39:15,815 It's just you took me by surprise. 607 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,222 What is that you're hiding behind your back? 608 00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:23,675 I might ask you the same. 609 00:39:24,886 --> 00:39:27,443 You have not right to pry into my personal affairs. 610 00:39:27,485 --> 00:39:30,011 Even when those personal affairs smack of treason? 611 00:39:30,053 --> 00:39:30,721 Treason? 612 00:39:32,330 --> 00:39:35,075 Surely, you don't think I have anything to do with...? 613 00:39:36,652 --> 00:39:37,674 Paul... 614 00:39:37,748 --> 00:39:40,368 I swear I happened upon this note only by chance. 615 00:39:41,077 --> 00:39:42,967 Why didn't you come to me with it? 616 00:39:44,136 --> 00:39:45,472 I didn't know what to do. 617 00:39:46,902 --> 00:39:49,459 I think I wanted to be sure that it was important enough 618 00:39:49,491 --> 00:39:51,860 before I did anything so drastic. 619 00:39:51,902 --> 00:39:52,927 Drastic? 620 00:39:52,951 --> 00:39:54,276 As report it to the Committee. 621 00:39:54,700 --> 00:39:58,310 [Laughing] My darling Marguerite, I'm not the Committee. 622 00:39:58,811 --> 00:40:01,733 I'm the man who hopes one day to marry you. 623 00:40:02,328 --> 00:40:04,061 But you are an agent of the Committee. 624 00:40:04,792 --> 00:40:06,671 Wouldn't it be your duty to report it... 625 00:40:06,702 --> 00:40:08,278 My first duty, my dearest, 626 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:10,136 is to you. 627 00:40:12,401 --> 00:40:14,938 I may not always find a way to show it. 628 00:40:16,504 --> 00:40:17,704 But I love you. 629 00:40:17,735 --> 00:40:18,905 With all my heart. 630 00:40:20,189 --> 00:40:23,205 I give you my word, I will never betray your confidence. 631 00:40:30,293 --> 00:40:31,337 Forgive me, Paul. 632 00:40:32,923 --> 00:40:34,051 On the other hand 633 00:40:34,740 --> 00:40:37,475 it is your duty to report this to me officially. 634 00:40:37,642 --> 00:40:40,335 And then, and only then, I'll take the appropriate action. 635 00:40:41,264 --> 00:40:43,581 But that could mean St. Cyr's execution, 636 00:40:43,623 --> 00:40:45,199 and possibly his family's as well. 637 00:40:45,230 --> 00:40:46,282 He's a traitor. 638 00:40:46,306 --> 00:40:48,614 And can you think of a better way to repay him 639 00:40:48,638 --> 00:40:49,973 for having your brother beaten? 640 00:40:50,397 --> 00:40:53,007 You can't honestly believe that I would send a man 641 00:40:53,038 --> 00:40:55,616 and his entire family to their death out of spite? 642 00:40:55,648 --> 00:40:57,683 They're aristocrats, my dear! 643 00:40:57,829 --> 00:40:59,458 [Whispering] I could never live with myself! 644 00:40:59,813 --> 00:41:03,143 In that case, you may have one day to answer to the Republic. 645 00:41:03,174 --> 00:41:05,397 Rather the Republic than my conscience. 646 00:41:05,481 --> 00:41:07,120 You disappoint me. 647 00:41:07,161 --> 00:41:08,769 You've gone soft! 648 00:41:08,946 --> 00:41:10,971 If by that you mean I'm not bloodthirsty enough for this 649 00:41:11,013 --> 00:41:12,589 revolution of yours, you're right. 650 00:41:12,613 --> 00:41:14,158 It used to be your revolution as well. 651 00:41:14,197 --> 00:41:14,781 Yes... 652 00:41:15,564 --> 00:41:18,111 But it's taken us in different directions. 653 00:41:18,936 --> 00:41:21,055 Perhaps my vision was never the same as yours. 654 00:41:22,245 --> 00:41:25,804 I see now, what begins as a dream can end as a nightmare. 655 00:41:26,420 --> 00:41:30,157 Some causes can become warped, twisted like some men. 656 00:41:36,462 --> 00:41:40,700 It's not difficult to guess the reason for this sudden 657 00:41:40,742 --> 00:41:41,692 change of heart. 658 00:41:43,331 --> 00:41:45,429 I suspect it's the aristocratic company 659 00:41:45,470 --> 00:41:46,472 you've been keeping of late. 660 00:41:48,571 --> 00:41:50,460 Why, Paul, I do believe you're jealous. 661 00:41:50,684 --> 00:41:51,927 Why should I not be? 662 00:41:51,951 --> 00:41:55,093 Well, if it's any consolation, Sir Percy left for England 663 00:41:55,135 --> 00:41:56,262 a fortnight ago. 664 00:41:56,293 --> 00:41:57,410 Then you don't know. 665 00:41:58,110 --> 00:41:58,726 Know what? 666 00:41:58,997 --> 00:41:59,853 That he's back. 667 00:42:01,126 --> 00:42:02,097 In Paris? 668 00:42:03,527 --> 00:42:06,941 [With feeling] You know, it amazes me 669 00:42:06,982 --> 00:42:10,343 how a woman of your taste and intelligence could tolerate 670 00:42:10,375 --> 00:42:11,272 such a fool. 671 00:42:11,721 --> 00:42:13,475 And now if you'll excuse me. 672 00:42:17,984 --> 00:42:19,707 I have some duties to attend to. 673 00:42:19,748 --> 00:42:21,032 [Opens door] 674 00:42:22,087 --> 00:42:24,112 Bon-jewer, mon-sewer. 675 00:42:25,876 --> 00:42:27,556 I swear you've been taking lessons. 676 00:42:27,995 --> 00:42:29,416 The cravat's a picture. 677 00:42:31,220 --> 00:42:32,379 Oh, ugh. 678 00:42:34,561 --> 00:42:35,782 Oh, outta' my way! 679 00:42:36,617 --> 00:42:37,671 You idiot! 680 00:42:40,093 --> 00:42:41,607 [Door closes] 681 00:42:41,742 --> 00:42:42,849 Percy! 682 00:42:42,890 --> 00:42:44,613 Percy, Percy! 683 00:42:44,655 --> 00:42:46,022 Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. 684 00:42:46,053 --> 00:42:47,473 I knew you would come back! 685 00:42:47,515 --> 00:42:48,694 My darling! 686 00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:50,584 Well, I'm glad you're pleased to see me. 687 00:42:50,771 --> 00:42:52,744 It's more than you can say for your friend, Chauvelin. 688 00:42:53,037 --> 00:42:55,938 Positively no sense of humor. Must be his diet. 689 00:42:56,325 --> 00:42:58,329 Oh, please, don't be so flippant, Percy. 690 00:42:58,746 --> 00:43:00,437 Chauvelin is terribly jealous. 691 00:43:01,700 --> 00:43:03,360 He actually frightens me. 692 00:43:04,133 --> 00:43:06,627 Frightens you, my dear. Nonsense. 693 00:43:08,287 --> 00:43:09,581 I want you to forget, Chauvelin. 694 00:43:10,417 --> 00:43:11,972 Forget every men you've ever known. 695 00:43:13,151 --> 00:43:14,655 Except me. 696 00:43:14,874 --> 00:43:16,252 How easy that would be. 697 00:43:17,734 --> 00:43:22,024 Sometimes... You're so... elusive. 698 00:43:23,235 --> 00:43:24,790 Are you an actor, too? 699 00:43:24,811 --> 00:43:27,536 Playing out some part in a strange charade? 700 00:43:28,057 --> 00:43:31,680 I've told you before, my dear, the one thing you must never doubt 701 00:43:32,243 --> 00:43:33,538 is my sincerity. 702 00:43:34,049 --> 00:43:37,076 I know behind that mask hides the true Percy Blakeney. 703 00:43:38,412 --> 00:43:40,469 That's the man I yearn to know. 704 00:43:40,897 --> 00:43:42,243 And so you shall, my dear. 705 00:43:43,684 --> 00:43:44,853 All in good time. 706 00:43:45,542 --> 00:43:46,523 How long is that? 707 00:43:47,943 --> 00:43:54,498 Marry me,...and you'll have the rest of your life,...to find out. 708 00:44:00,676 --> 00:44:01,709 Never, 709 00:44:01,876 --> 00:44:02,784 never, 710 00:44:03,442 --> 00:44:04,194 never, 711 00:44:05,060 --> 00:44:06,699 and there is nothing you can do to me 712 00:44:06,741 --> 00:44:07,931 that will make me change my mind. 713 00:44:07,993 --> 00:44:12,899 That not to you, perhaps, but I wonder what would 714 00:44:12,931 --> 00:44:15,791 become of all your aristocratic principles, if you family were 715 00:44:15,832 --> 00:44:17,837 languishing in here, as well? 716 00:44:18,985 --> 00:44:20,467 You wouldn't dare. 717 00:44:20,509 --> 00:44:22,753 You will have until tomorrow to reconsider. 718 00:44:28,651 --> 00:44:30,864 I intend to warn the de Tourney family and 719 00:44:30,895 --> 00:44:32,398 help them flee, if necessary. 720 00:44:33,797 --> 00:44:35,050 Now, look here, my dear fellow. 721 00:44:35,874 --> 00:44:39,757 I did not save your neck from those thugs of St. Cyr's 722 00:44:39,799 --> 00:44:43,651 merely to see you lose your head at the guillotine. 723 00:44:43,682 --> 00:44:45,812 [Sigh] What? 724 00:44:45,832 --> 00:44:47,826 My mind is quite made up, Percy. 725 00:44:48,620 --> 00:44:51,803 I will warn the de Tourneys. There's no use trying to stop me. 726 00:44:51,918 --> 00:44:55,217 I have no intention... Of stopping you. 727 00:44:56,427 --> 00:45:00,926 Do you suppose...that you could get into the Temple prison... 728 00:45:01,814 --> 00:45:05,540 And see the Count... tonight? 729 00:45:05,864 --> 00:45:09,361 Ugh, well, I...I think so. But to what purpose? 730 00:45:09,716 --> 00:45:15,436 -I...have a plan. -Oh...You have a plan. 731 00:45:15,759 --> 00:45:17,837 You, who are practically incapable of any 732 00:45:17,878 --> 00:45:20,833 thought entering into you head that is not trivial. 733 00:45:20,874 --> 00:45:23,254 [Sigh] Oh, really, Percy. 734 00:45:23,286 --> 00:45:25,634 -This is serious. -So am I. 735 00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:27,670 Deadly serious. 736 00:45:29,048 --> 00:45:32,576 We must rescue the de Tourney family, without risking you. 737 00:45:33,473 --> 00:45:36,250 You can be far more valuable to us if you keep in with Chauvelin 738 00:45:36,271 --> 00:45:37,952 and continue to work with the Committee. 739 00:45:38,515 --> 00:45:40,613 Useful to us. What on earth are you talking about? 740 00:45:40,645 --> 00:45:43,484 You must swear, by all you hold sacred 741 00:45:44,027 --> 00:45:46,532 that what you are about to hear, you will not repeat to anyone. 742 00:45:46,574 --> 00:45:48,244 -Really, Percy,... -Not even Marguerite! 743 00:45:49,329 --> 00:45:50,926 You must be quite mad. 744 00:45:50,958 --> 00:45:52,158 Do you swear? 745 00:45:54,027 --> 00:45:57,179 [Sigh] Very well. 746 00:46:05,707 --> 00:46:07,252 Do you recognize that insignia? 747 00:46:08,150 --> 00:46:10,258 Looks like a flower of some sort. 748 00:46:10,290 --> 00:46:11,062 Correct. 749 00:46:11,762 --> 00:46:13,787 It is a scarlet pimpernel. 750 00:46:31,657 --> 00:46:33,797 [Guillotine drops] 751 00:46:33,828 --> 00:46:36,887 [Crowd cheers] 752 00:46:38,463 --> 00:46:40,833 Death to the aristos. 753 00:46:40,864 --> 00:46:43,338 Long live the Republic. 754 00:46:43,369 --> 00:46:44,716 Oh, I am pleased 755 00:46:46,574 --> 00:46:47,993 to see that you have come to your senses. 756 00:46:50,187 --> 00:46:54,195 -You left me little choice. -Well, that was the general idea. 757 00:46:55,344 --> 00:46:58,319 You will leave for London at once. Under guard, of course. 758 00:46:58,694 --> 00:47:01,085 Once there, you will reside at our French embassy 759 00:47:01,116 --> 00:47:03,914 so you can introduce me into English society. 760 00:47:04,216 --> 00:47:07,953 -And my family? -They are to remain in Paris. 761 00:47:07,995 --> 00:47:11,701 Ah. And so my family are not to be in prison, 762 00:47:11,732 --> 00:47:13,162 they are to be held hostage. 763 00:47:14,143 --> 00:47:16,419 That is the general idea. 764 00:47:17,014 --> 00:47:18,392 Take good care of our friend. 765 00:47:20,060 --> 00:47:25,269 [Drums and crowds are heard] 766 00:47:27,106 --> 00:47:28,860 -It's her own mother. -Who’s is it? 767 00:47:28,901 --> 00:47:31,428 -Always he's in it, the mother, right? -Yeah 768 00:47:31,459 --> 00:47:33,693 all right. Fetch me your papers. 769 00:47:35,572 --> 00:47:38,734 Here'ya. He thinks I'm an aristocrat. 770 00:47:38,776 --> 00:47:41,208 [Laughter] 771 00:47:41,981 --> 00:47:46,563 Casks of wine, here, have we? Right, I'll have a look at those. 772 00:47:46,605 --> 00:47:48,108 I wouldn't do that if I were you. 773 00:47:58,065 --> 00:47:59,954 Oh, me best bordeaux. 774 00:48:03,764 --> 00:48:07,271 Na, na, don't hurt him Sergeant, It's only me grandson. 775 00:48:07,313 --> 00:48:08,503 Here'ya, here'ya. 776 00:48:09,411 --> 00:48:10,528 Come here, sergeant. 777 00:48:11,102 --> 00:48:12,939 Here. A word in your ear, sergeant. 778 00:48:17,146 --> 00:48:19,505 Poor lad, he's got the plague. 779 00:48:22,073 --> 00:48:23,274 Plague. 780 00:48:23,284 --> 00:48:24,745 I told you, I tried to warn you. 781 00:48:24,766 --> 00:48:27,063 Get him away from here! Take him away from here! 782 00:48:27,094 --> 00:48:27,835 All right. 783 00:48:28,649 --> 00:48:29,965 Here, take your papers. 784 00:48:30,006 --> 00:48:30,810 All right you are, sergeant, right. 785 00:48:30,946 --> 00:48:32,741 Open the gates! 786 00:48:48,294 --> 00:48:50,069 Papers. Show me your papers. 787 00:48:50,415 --> 00:48:51,156 Sergeant. 788 00:48:52,252 --> 00:48:54,549 An old woman will pass this way with a cart. 789 00:48:54,590 --> 00:48:56,167 You are to arrest her at once. 790 00:48:56,198 --> 00:48:58,630 An old woman just passed this way five minutes ago. 791 00:48:58,672 --> 00:49:00,081 You let her go! 792 00:49:00,123 --> 00:49:02,158 That was the Scarlet Pimpernel! 793 00:49:02,284 --> 00:49:03,484 Open the gates! 794 00:49:37,127 --> 00:49:38,098 Heh, heh, heh, heh. 795 00:49:38,129 --> 00:49:38,912 Heh, heh. 796 00:49:40,728 --> 00:49:41,918 Everything go as planned? 797 00:49:42,419 --> 00:49:44,006 Like clockwork, Percy. 798 00:49:44,048 --> 00:49:47,461 Good. Well, best be on your way. It'll be dark, soon. 799 00:49:47,503 --> 00:49:49,288 More than a night's ride to the coast. 800 00:49:58,119 --> 00:49:59,058 Mademoiselle. 801 00:50:00,018 --> 00:50:00,906 This way, Countess. 802 00:50:07,732 --> 00:50:10,008 Words cannot express our gratitude, Monsieur. 803 00:50:10,039 --> 00:50:13,505 It is the Scarlet Pimpernel, not I, who deserves your thanks, Countess. 804 00:50:25,874 --> 00:50:28,463 I was certain that you were the Scarlet Pimpernel. 805 00:50:28,714 --> 00:50:30,979 I would never presume to fill those shoes. 806 00:50:31,010 --> 00:50:33,150 I lack sufficient courage. 807 00:50:33,181 --> 00:50:35,958 I have yet to meet a more courageous cavalier, 808 00:50:37,054 --> 00:50:38,672 or a more handsome one. 809 00:50:38,714 --> 00:50:39,674 Susanne. 810 00:50:40,196 --> 00:50:41,793 It's dangerous. We must hurry. 811 00:50:46,937 --> 00:50:48,054 Thank you, Monsieur. 812 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:08,263 You must be very much like your mother. 813 00:51:08,294 --> 00:51:10,246 I'm an ugly duckling by comparison. 814 00:51:10,737 --> 00:51:13,514 They say she was the most beautiful bride in France. 815 00:51:16,844 --> 00:51:20,528 Perhaps it is understandable after all that the brightest, 816 00:51:20,560 --> 00:51:23,942 the most radiant of women should marry an utter fool, 817 00:51:24,798 --> 00:51:28,963 when one recalls, that he's also said to be the richest man in England. 818 00:51:31,812 --> 00:51:33,242 I think you'd better leave. 819 00:51:34,558 --> 00:51:37,741 As you can see, I am quite busy. 820 00:51:46,363 --> 00:51:50,100 I came to find out what you have decided to do 821 00:51:50,142 --> 00:51:52,125 about the Marquis de St. Cyr. 822 00:51:53,013 --> 00:51:54,819 That's my affair, not yours. 823 00:51:54,860 --> 00:51:56,113 No, it is my affair. 824 00:51:56,457 --> 00:51:58,869 As chief agent of the Committee of National Security 825 00:51:59,725 --> 00:52:02,324 I want to know if you intend to do your duty 826 00:52:02,355 --> 00:52:04,558 as a citizen and report him. 827 00:52:05,309 --> 00:52:07,125 And if I say no? 828 00:52:07,793 --> 00:52:10,507 Then, I am prepared to do it for you. 829 00:52:10,539 --> 00:52:11,979 You gave me your word. 830 00:52:12,292 --> 00:52:17,512 Marguerite. You force my hand. 831 00:52:17,814 --> 00:52:21,583 You have betrayed my confidence. 832 00:52:26,583 --> 00:52:31,144 It appears that we have both misjudged one another. 833 00:52:56,948 --> 00:53:00,257 [Unlocking and opening a prison cell door] 834 00:53:00,288 --> 00:53:03,420 Mr. Bland. You've got visitors. 835 00:53:10,455 --> 00:53:14,954 Let him rest for a little more time. Leave him be. 836 00:53:14,996 --> 00:53:15,956 Shut up, woman. 837 00:53:17,856 --> 00:53:19,224 There he is, Baron. 838 00:53:20,194 --> 00:53:23,796 King Louis' little brat in the flesh. 839 00:53:24,151 --> 00:53:26,165 Heh, heh. What's the matter? 840 00:53:26,196 --> 00:53:29,526 Your aristocratic sensibilities offended? 841 00:53:33,242 --> 00:53:35,424 Are they treating you well, Your Royal Highness? 842 00:53:39,318 --> 00:53:40,497 Well, enough. 843 00:53:40,528 --> 00:53:42,042 Get him up, Duval. Walk him around. 844 00:53:42,073 --> 00:53:43,816 No, that won't be necessary. 845 00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:48,827 I've seen all I wish to see, thank you. 846 00:54:00,382 --> 00:54:01,708 [Cell door closes] 847 00:54:01,739 --> 00:54:05,476 My dear Marquis, there are guards all over the place. 848 00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:12,011 Positioned here, here, here, here, here, and this apartment here 849 00:54:12,042 --> 00:54:15,445 houses the couple who are looking after the Dauphin. 850 00:54:15,476 --> 00:54:18,002 So you see, it would be humanly impossible 851 00:54:18,044 --> 00:54:20,528 to get the young boy out of the place. 852 00:54:21,082 --> 00:54:22,334 [Loud knocking] 853 00:54:22,366 --> 00:54:24,380 In the name of the Republic, open up. 854 00:54:24,411 --> 00:54:27,658 Open in the name of the Republic 855 00:54:28,921 --> 00:54:30,382 [door opens suddenly] 856 00:54:30,414 --> 00:54:31,771 Arrest them both. 857 00:54:31,812 --> 00:54:33,055 What's the meaning of this? 858 00:54:33,096 --> 00:54:35,967 I have an order for the arrest of the Marquis de St. Cyr. 859 00:54:36,009 --> 00:54:37,251 One moment captain. 860 00:54:38,159 --> 00:54:39,505 One moment. 861 00:54:40,215 --> 00:54:42,084 I think you'd better have a look at this. 862 00:54:50,675 --> 00:54:52,272 A certificate of immunity. 863 00:54:52,835 --> 00:54:54,422 You are the Baron de Batz? 864 00:54:54,453 --> 00:54:55,487 Precisely. 865 00:54:55,821 --> 00:54:58,785 Signed, as you can see, by Citizen Fouquet, himself. 866 00:54:58,817 --> 00:54:59,798 Release the man. 867 00:55:01,739 --> 00:55:03,566 I demand to know the charge. 868 00:55:04,432 --> 00:55:05,466 Treason. 869 00:55:06,374 --> 00:55:07,700 Treason, who accuses me of treason? 870 00:55:07,731 --> 00:55:09,088 I will have his name! 871 00:55:11,645 --> 00:55:12,720 See for yourself. 872 00:55:12,783 --> 00:55:14,151 It's written on the warrant. 873 00:55:15,946 --> 00:55:17,877 Marguerite St. Just? 874 00:55:20,445 --> 00:55:22,940 But I...I hardly know the woman. 875 00:56:01,186 --> 00:56:02,052 I will. 876 00:56:03,660 --> 00:56:04,662 I will. 877 00:56:16,447 --> 00:56:21,510 I Percy, take thee, Marguerite, to my wedded wife. 878 00:56:21,854 --> 00:56:28,169 I, Marguerite, take thee, Percy, to my wedded husband. 879 00:56:37,982 --> 00:56:40,278 With this ring, I thee wed. 880 00:56:40,894 --> 00:56:43,858 This gold and silver, I thee give. 881 00:56:43,900 --> 00:56:46,604 With my body, I thee worship. 882 00:56:46,635 --> 00:56:50,894 With all my worldly goods, I thee endow. 883 00:56:53,702 --> 00:56:57,888 In the name of the father, and of the son, 884 00:56:57,929 --> 00:57:02,126 and of the holy ghost, amen. 885 00:57:30,372 --> 00:57:31,865 We're off to London in the morning. 886 00:57:31,906 --> 00:57:33,660 Isn't it wonderful? 887 00:57:33,691 --> 00:57:35,080 Armand follows in a few days 888 00:57:35,111 --> 00:57:36,332 few days? 889 00:57:36,374 --> 00:57:39,276 Naturally, Chauvelin is anxious to assume his new 890 00:57:39,307 --> 00:57:40,727 post as special envoy. 891 00:57:41,593 --> 00:57:42,616 Look at her, Tony. 892 00:57:44,203 --> 00:57:46,416 Tell me if you can, that I'm not the most 893 00:57:46,458 --> 00:57:47,460 fortunate man alive. 894 00:57:50,038 --> 00:57:54,307 How they buzz round her, like bees to honey. 895 00:57:55,111 --> 00:57:58,180 Poor Louise, things were all of that then to England. 896 00:57:58,222 --> 00:58:00,132 Huh? Well, I have asked her to come along 897 00:58:00,174 --> 00:58:00,894 and be my wife. 898 00:58:00,925 --> 00:58:03,034 And give up a perfectly marvelous career? 899 00:58:03,243 --> 00:58:05,257 Don't you dare, my dear. He's not worth it. 900 00:58:05,716 --> 00:58:07,908 What are you going to do about Citizen Robespierre's 901 00:58:07,950 --> 00:58:08,942 demand for action? 902 00:58:08,973 --> 00:58:11,802 The de Tourneys are lost to us. 903 00:58:12,345 --> 00:58:13,900 I think I may have found an excellent 904 00:58:13,931 --> 00:58:15,455 replacement for the Count de Tourney. 905 00:58:16,687 --> 00:58:18,180 Perhaps, even, an improvement. 906 00:58:18,451 --> 00:58:20,800 In Marguerite St. Just? 907 00:58:21,228 --> 00:58:23,984 In the wife of Sir Percy Blakeney, Baronet. 908 00:58:24,088 --> 00:58:26,478 Every door in London will be open to her. 909 00:58:26,583 --> 00:58:29,151 Every confidence shared. Every secret known. 910 00:58:29,892 --> 00:58:32,689 She isn't aware of it yet, Ponceau, but Lady Blakeney is going 911 00:58:32,721 --> 00:58:36,468 to lead me to our elusive friend the Scarlet Pimpernel. 912 00:58:38,451 --> 00:58:39,975 I've never seen her looking happier. 913 00:58:40,215 --> 00:58:41,739 As well she might. 914 00:58:42,146 --> 00:58:44,725 On the same day she marries the man she loves, 915 00:58:45,111 --> 00:58:47,512 have her revenge on the man she hates. 916 00:58:48,034 --> 00:58:51,729 - The man she hates, Baron? - The Marquis St. Cyr. 917 00:58:52,220 --> 00:58:54,422 For what he did to her brother. 918 00:58:57,314 --> 00:59:01,050 And what manner of revenge might she have had on the Marquis? 919 00:59:01,092 --> 00:59:04,474 Well, having him arrested for treason, of course. 920 00:59:05,769 --> 00:59:07,293 What leads you to believe that my wife was 921 00:59:07,324 --> 00:59:08,180 involved in that? 922 00:59:08,222 --> 00:59:11,708 Oh, come, Sir Percy, you need have no pretenses with me. 923 00:59:12,543 --> 00:59:17,387 I saw the warrant for his arrest with my own eyes. 924 00:59:17,418 --> 00:59:19,547 Phew! I can't believe it! 925 00:59:19,579 --> 00:59:21,677 You wife's name was on it. 926 00:59:23,305 --> 00:59:25,257 For which we have no doubt about it. 927 00:59:25,957 --> 00:59:29,965 After all, I am a man of extreme discretion. 928 00:59:30,424 --> 00:59:33,190 Percy, don't... 929 00:59:37,230 --> 00:59:39,464 The man will be guillotined for this. 930 00:59:40,456 --> 00:59:43,566 My dear, Sir Percy, have you not heard? 931 00:59:44,694 --> 00:59:48,806 The Marquis de St. Cyr and his entire family 932 00:59:48,848 --> 00:59:50,842 were beheaded this very morning. 933 00:59:55,007 --> 00:59:55,977 All of them? 934 00:59:58,671 --> 00:59:59,965 The children as well? 935 01:00:00,716 --> 01:00:03,013 Well...well, yes. 936 01:00:03,869 --> 01:00:07,762 Sir Percy, I...I'd actually assumed that you knew about this. 937 01:00:08,201 --> 01:00:10,184 Well, I thought that... 938 01:00:10,215 --> 01:00:11,040 Excuse me. 939 01:00:21,030 --> 01:00:22,366 I'm truly sorry. 940 01:00:28,451 --> 01:00:29,443 She must never know 941 01:00:31,301 --> 01:00:32,794 that I suspect any of this. 942 01:00:36,802 --> 01:00:38,858 We are about to embark upon the most dangerous 943 01:00:38,900 --> 01:00:39,735 mission yet. 944 01:00:42,648 --> 01:00:44,485 To save the heir of the throne of France. 945 01:00:50,205 --> 01:00:51,322 From this moment on 946 01:00:54,360 --> 01:00:55,863 she must never be trusted. 947 01:00:59,391 --> 01:01:01,144 We cannot risk betrayal. 948 01:01:08,504 --> 01:01:14,140 I only pray to God that I can conceal from her 949 01:01:16,687 --> 01:01:19,067 the horror I feel at what she has done. 950 01:03:07,318 --> 01:03:09,497 Attention! 951 01:03:17,255 --> 01:03:19,180 There's a good boy. 952 01:03:20,139 --> 01:03:22,603 Now you take your medicine. Say your prayers 953 01:03:22,644 --> 01:03:25,014 for the nice gentlemen. Then you can go back to bed. 954 01:03:27,925 --> 01:03:29,877 What manner of medicine are you giving him? 955 01:03:30,484 --> 01:03:33,459 Never fear, Citizen, it's good, strong cognac. 956 01:03:33,483 --> 01:03:34,978 Now take it boy. 957 01:03:35,002 --> 01:03:37,392 You know, it makes papa Duval very angry 958 01:03:37,423 --> 01:03:39,156 if you don't finish every drop. 959 01:03:41,505 --> 01:03:44,073 There, that is more like it! 960 01:03:44,490 --> 01:03:46,703 Now these gentlemen would like to hear 961 01:03:46,745 --> 01:03:48,123 you say your catechism. 962 01:03:49,866 --> 01:03:52,455 - Your name: - Louis Charles Capet. 963 01:03:52,497 --> 01:03:55,044 Let's hear it: Louis Charles Capet. 964 01:03:55,075 --> 01:03:56,620 Your age: Eight. 965 01:03:56,661 --> 01:04:00,273 Your nationality: Citizen of the Republic of France. 966 01:04:00,304 --> 01:04:04,073 Your father's name: Louis Capet. 967 01:04:04,104 --> 01:04:08,248 His profession: Former king, tyrant and debaucher. 968 01:04:08,290 --> 01:04:12,142 How did he perish: By the will of the people. 969 01:04:12,173 --> 01:04:15,993 Who was your mother: Marie Antoinette of Austria. 970 01:04:16,035 --> 01:04:20,983 Her profession: Former queen and whore. 971 01:04:21,014 --> 01:04:24,344 How did she perish: By the will of the people. 972 01:04:24,386 --> 01:04:27,079 And what do you say to their memories: 973 01:04:27,110 --> 01:04:29,522 - I spit upon their graves. - Again, 974 01:04:29,563 --> 01:04:31,933 - I spit upon their graves. - Again! 975 01:04:31,964 --> 01:04:33,092 That will do. 976 01:04:36,202 --> 01:04:39,720 However, I still detect a trace of defiance 977 01:04:39,762 --> 01:04:41,608 in those royal eyes. 978 01:04:43,384 --> 01:04:47,163 Keep at it, Fouquet. He must be all ours. 979 01:05:03,444 --> 01:05:06,138 Sink me, what is the time? 980 01:05:07,171 --> 01:05:09,112 We shall be monstrous late at his highness' 981 01:05:09,144 --> 01:05:10,250 garden party. 982 01:05:10,292 --> 01:05:12,474 I'm afraid I can't join you Percy, I must get back 983 01:05:12,515 --> 01:05:14,436 to the embassy. Chauvelin is expecting me. 984 01:05:15,668 --> 01:05:17,776 - What news of the courier? - None 985 01:05:18,006 --> 01:05:20,104 odd. You made inquiries? 986 01:05:20,219 --> 01:05:22,641 It's too difficult. Chauvelin is becoming 987 01:05:22,682 --> 01:05:25,104 suspicious of everyone at the embassy, including me. 988 01:05:25,835 --> 01:05:27,599 You have performed an invaluable service 989 01:05:27,630 --> 01:05:29,353 to us these past few months, Armand. 990 01:05:29,927 --> 01:05:33,194 Without you, we would not have had any idea as to boy's fate. 991 01:05:33,298 --> 01:05:35,417 When I think what they're doing to that child! 992 01:05:35,647 --> 01:05:38,257 Why? What do they have to gain by it? 993 01:05:39,102 --> 01:05:41,816 To render him useless to anyone who might try and rescue him. 994 01:05:42,787 --> 01:05:47,578 But time is running out. We must act soon, or they will succeed. 995 01:05:47,870 --> 01:05:48,987 Have you a plan? 996 01:05:49,060 --> 01:05:52,380 We wait only for first the news of any change in the boy's routine. 997 01:05:53,037 --> 01:05:54,540 That will be our signal to move. 998 01:05:54,885 --> 01:05:56,148 And move we must. 999 01:05:56,649 --> 01:05:58,121 Swiftly and surely. 1000 01:05:58,653 --> 01:06:01,179 That is why these communiqués from Paris are so crucial. 1001 01:06:01,346 --> 01:06:03,110 The next may be our signal. 1002 01:06:03,152 --> 01:06:05,386 [Door opens] 1003 01:06:07,902 --> 01:06:10,918 Ahhhhh, my dear. 1004 01:06:11,712 --> 01:06:13,079 Shall we away? 1005 01:06:18,406 --> 01:06:21,955 The Duke and Duchess of Radnor. 1006 01:06:21,986 --> 01:06:25,212 [Peacock cries are heard] 1007 01:06:27,352 --> 01:06:30,869 The Duke of Albany and his daughters. 1008 01:06:31,005 --> 01:06:33,970 Lady Breckny and Lady Darlington. 1009 01:06:34,252 --> 01:06:36,110 [Peacock call] 1010 01:06:36,371 --> 01:06:39,085 Sir Percival and Lady Blakeney. 1011 01:06:41,172 --> 01:06:44,460 They say, she only married him for his money. 1012 01:06:44,492 --> 01:06:47,738 No woman of title would have the idiotic fop. 1013 01:06:49,700 --> 01:06:51,913 Still they seem... Quite a happy couple. 1014 01:06:52,227 --> 01:06:54,513 Looks can be deceiving, my dear. 1015 01:06:57,425 --> 01:07:00,911 Percy, fashionably late as usual. 1016 01:07:00,953 --> 01:07:03,886 Sink me, Your Highness. 'Twas this damnable cravat. 1017 01:07:03,928 --> 01:07:05,609 Simply refused to tie. 1018 01:07:06,266 --> 01:07:10,379 I ask you. Look at the thing. Stickin' out like a pin cushion. 1019 01:07:10,410 --> 01:07:12,487 I might have known, it would be something serious. 1020 01:07:12,519 --> 01:07:14,439 My husband is being noble, Your Highness, 1021 01:07:14,471 --> 01:07:15,922 I fear I'm the one to blame. 1022 01:07:16,642 --> 01:07:20,640 Well, in that case, all is forgiven. 1023 01:07:20,671 --> 01:07:23,208 [Chuckling] Now then, 1024 01:07:23,531 --> 01:07:26,120 how fares our lovely fugitive from France? 1025 01:07:26,183 --> 01:07:28,959 Fugitive, Your Highness? Say, rather captive. 1026 01:07:29,001 --> 01:07:31,705 Surely you're not kept here by force, Madame. 1027 01:07:31,746 --> 01:07:35,567 Why, yes indeed. By the force of my abiding love for my husband, 1028 01:07:35,598 --> 01:07:38,970 and by Your Highness' good favors and generosity. 1029 01:07:39,001 --> 01:07:41,642 Gad, Percy, but I envy you. 1030 01:07:42,007 --> 01:07:45,817 You'd better keep an eye on her, otherwise I might 1031 01:07:45,849 --> 01:07:49,627 exercise my droit de seigneur, and steal her away. 1032 01:07:49,659 --> 01:07:51,371 [Laughing] 1033 01:07:51,402 --> 01:07:53,709 [Inaudible whispering] 1034 01:07:53,980 --> 01:07:56,611 Marguerite, Percy! You'll never guess! 1035 01:07:56,642 --> 01:07:58,928 Andrew has asked me to marry him 1036 01:07:58,970 --> 01:08:01,183 and papa has given his consent. 1037 01:08:01,214 --> 01:08:03,677 Sink me, if you didn't go and do it. 1038 01:08:03,709 --> 01:08:05,567 - Congratulations, old chap. - Thanks 1039 01:08:05,609 --> 01:08:07,394 Oh, Suzanne, I'm so happy for you. 1040 01:08:07,425 --> 01:08:09,429 Suzanne! I forbid you to have anything 1041 01:08:09,460 --> 01:08:10,348 to do with that woman. 1042 01:08:10,379 --> 01:08:11,997 Mama! What are you saying? 1043 01:08:12,039 --> 01:08:13,584 She has blood on her hands. 1044 01:08:13,615 --> 01:08:15,734 We have just learned that she denounced 1045 01:08:15,776 --> 01:08:17,978 the Marquis de St. Cyr, and sent him and his 1046 01:08:18,009 --> 01:08:21,026 - entire family to the guillotine! - My dear Countess, you really mustn't... 1047 01:08:21,057 --> 01:08:22,258 Can you deny it, Lady Blakeney? 1048 01:08:22,915 --> 01:08:25,870 I refuse to confirm or deny such accusations. 1049 01:08:27,195 --> 01:08:29,847 This is no trail, and you are not judge. 1050 01:08:29,888 --> 01:08:32,498 True, Madame. God will be your judge. 1051 01:08:37,018 --> 01:08:43,771 - Will you say nothing, sir? - Faith, Madame what is there to say? 1052 01:08:45,045 --> 01:08:47,373 Will you not even defend your wife's honor? 1053 01:08:49,012 --> 01:08:52,331 Odds fish, my dear, would you have me challenge the poor 1054 01:08:52,362 --> 01:08:53,636 Countess to a duel? 1055 01:08:53,782 --> 01:08:56,600 - Come Countess. - The music is about to start. - Please 1056 01:09:07,185 --> 01:09:10,536 So, my dear, 'twould seem you finally found a way 1057 01:09:10,577 --> 01:09:14,053 to repay St. Cyr... after all. 1058 01:09:16,840 --> 01:09:18,469 Can you really believe that? 1059 01:09:21,005 --> 01:09:24,481 Can I...believe otherwise? 1060 01:09:29,415 --> 01:09:37,609 Oh, Suzanne,...What can I do? I've lost my husband's love 1061 01:09:37,651 --> 01:09:38,747 and I don't know why. 1062 01:09:39,468 --> 01:09:42,369 But Percy worships the ground you walk on. 1063 01:09:44,405 --> 01:09:45,511 Once, perhaps. 1064 01:09:49,248 --> 01:09:52,745 But now he plays the fool in private as well as in public. 1065 01:09:54,509 --> 01:09:56,315 Almost as if to torment me. 1066 01:09:57,944 --> 01:10:03,204 There are times...when I think that he still loves me. 1067 01:10:03,236 --> 01:10:08,465 Moments when I catch it in his eyes, a look, a glance. 1068 01:10:15,167 --> 01:10:18,131 What have I done to deserve his disdain? 1069 01:11:19,247 --> 01:11:20,281 Goodnight, my dear. 1070 01:11:21,189 --> 01:11:22,181 Pleasant dreams. 1071 01:11:23,955 --> 01:11:25,156 Stay with me tonight. 1072 01:11:26,492 --> 01:11:31,366 Odd, Madame, far too fatigued. 1073 01:11:31,982 --> 01:11:34,707 Besides, I have a very early appointment in London, tomorrow. 1074 01:11:35,093 --> 01:11:36,513 I don't want to disturb you. 1075 01:11:36,659 --> 01:11:38,496 Your tailors, no doubt. 1076 01:11:38,527 --> 01:11:40,333 Boot makers, to be precise. 1077 01:11:41,304 --> 01:11:43,934 These pinch something monstrous. 1078 01:11:44,091 --> 01:11:45,531 And I don’t' much care for the buckle. 1079 01:11:46,231 --> 01:11:50,072 Oh, Percy, what's become of you? 1080 01:11:50,959 --> 01:11:52,890 Where is the man I married. 1081 01:11:54,821 --> 01:11:58,788 Odds fish, my dear, you're lookin' at him. 1082 01:11:59,112 --> 01:12:02,984 No. What I see before me is a facade. 1083 01:12:03,851 --> 01:12:05,751 The shell of a man I once knew. 1084 01:12:07,796 --> 01:12:11,794 There's some absurd role you're playing. I don't know why. 1085 01:12:11,826 --> 01:12:15,782 But I'm sure it is. Perhaps to keep the world at a distance 1086 01:12:16,920 --> 01:12:19,300 even though you're shutting me out as well. 1087 01:12:21,105 --> 01:12:24,477 You once promised me, that I should come to know 1088 01:12:24,508 --> 01:12:27,901 the man behind the mask, in time. 1089 01:12:30,291 --> 01:12:32,024 I know him less now than I did then. 1090 01:12:33,412 --> 01:12:37,504 Well. Perhaps there's no more to know. 1091 01:12:38,099 --> 01:12:39,477 I can't believe that. 1092 01:12:40,761 --> 01:12:42,222 I refuse to believe it. 1093 01:12:44,717 --> 01:12:48,057 The man I fell in love with still exists somewhere. 1094 01:12:50,458 --> 01:12:55,897 I shall never stop loving him...Never. 1095 01:13:04,341 --> 01:13:05,719 Goodnight, my dear. 1096 01:13:21,074 --> 01:13:22,849 For Sir Andrew, Chivers. 1097 01:13:23,893 --> 01:13:24,947 Very good, sir. 1098 01:13:28,579 --> 01:13:30,364 And for the courier, when he arrives. 1099 01:13:30,406 --> 01:13:31,377 Yes sir. 1100 01:13:43,371 --> 01:13:46,774 [Gunshots] 1101 01:13:46,815 --> 01:13:47,755 [Cry] 1102 01:13:55,563 --> 01:13:58,287 These were all the papers in the courier's pouch? 1103 01:13:58,329 --> 01:13:59,153 Yes, Citizen. 1104 01:14:05,495 --> 01:14:07,496 So. 1105 01:14:08,882 --> 01:14:11,287 My young assistant 1106 01:14:11,311 --> 01:14:14,315 is in league with the Scarlet Pimpernel, is he? 1107 01:14:19,373 --> 01:14:21,408 You did well to intercept the courier. 1108 01:14:27,452 --> 01:14:29,197 Send for Armand St. Just. 1109 01:14:32,676 --> 01:14:34,304 I fear for you in Paris. 1110 01:14:34,701 --> 01:14:37,717 Oh, Percy, do persuade him to give up his post and stay here. 1111 01:14:38,010 --> 01:14:40,202 He could send for Louise, they could get married 1112 01:14:40,243 --> 01:14:41,402 and live here in England. 1113 01:14:41,820 --> 01:14:43,114 What a dreadful prospect. 1114 01:14:44,064 --> 01:14:48,521 What has poor Armand done to be condemned to matrimony? 1115 01:15:01,705 --> 01:15:04,930 Really, Percy. Must you go on tormenting her like this? 1116 01:15:05,317 --> 01:15:07,759 Are you never going to give her a chance to explain herself? 1117 01:15:13,594 --> 01:15:19,607 Consider, Armand, if it is true that she betrayed St. Cyr, 1118 01:15:20,390 --> 01:15:22,415 she's capable of almost any treachery. 1119 01:15:22,603 --> 01:15:24,294 Even spying for Chauvelin. 1120 01:15:24,868 --> 01:15:30,348 You must ask her. What proof have you in any of this? 1121 01:15:30,682 --> 01:15:32,770 Not once in all the time she's been in England 1122 01:15:32,801 --> 01:15:34,983 has even attempted to contact Chauvelin. 1123 01:15:35,943 --> 01:15:37,081 I dare not risk it. 1124 01:15:39,596 --> 01:15:42,916 Nothing, no one, is more important then the rescue 1125 01:15:42,958 --> 01:15:44,638 of the Dauphin at this moment. 1126 01:15:45,818 --> 01:15:47,206 Not even Marguerite. 1127 01:15:47,267 --> 01:15:49,574 It grieves me to see her so unhappy. 1128 01:15:50,494 --> 01:15:52,477 To know that you have ceased to love her. 1129 01:15:52,964 --> 01:15:54,383 Ceased? 1130 01:15:58,600 --> 01:16:00,323 I shall love her till the day I die. 1131 01:16:02,550 --> 01:16:03,991 That is the tragedy. 1132 01:16:06,026 --> 01:16:08,845 Come, I shall ride with you to Dover 1133 01:16:09,262 --> 01:16:10,557 there is much to talk about. 1134 01:16:10,567 --> 01:16:13,135 Why is Chauvelin sending you to Paris now? 1135 01:16:13,776 --> 01:16:14,778 I don't like it. 1136 01:16:16,250 --> 01:16:19,382 However, perhaps with you in Paris we can create the 1137 01:16:19,423 --> 01:16:21,344 incident we need to make our move. 1138 01:16:39,843 --> 01:16:41,502 [Door closes] 1139 01:16:42,799 --> 01:16:44,438 Well, this is indeed a surprise. 1140 01:16:45,312 --> 01:16:47,744 Not too unpleasant, I trust? 1141 01:16:47,786 --> 01:16:50,051 I haven't seen you since you came to London. 1142 01:16:51,137 --> 01:16:52,650 What brings you here now? 1143 01:16:52,682 --> 01:16:54,258 It's a good likeness. 1144 01:16:54,300 --> 01:16:55,834 Especially the eyes. 1145 01:16:56,784 --> 01:16:59,091 He's caught the flash and fire of the eyes. 1146 01:16:59,498 --> 01:17:03,319 Although, he's missed the sadness. 1147 01:17:03,343 --> 01:17:04,112 Sadness? 1148 01:17:04,136 --> 01:17:06,280 Apparently the artist has not perceived 1149 01:17:06,311 --> 01:17:08,409 what all of London has already guessed. 1150 01:17:08,545 --> 01:17:10,131 And what might that be? 1151 01:17:10,236 --> 01:17:13,712 That the Lady is unhappy in her marriage. 1152 01:17:15,236 --> 01:17:17,647 A man in your position should not listen to gossip. 1153 01:17:19,171 --> 01:17:21,760 Look at me and tell me, that you husband is 1154 01:17:21,791 --> 01:17:23,242 man enough to make you happy? 1155 01:17:23,273 --> 01:17:25,048 Have you come here to be impertinent? 1156 01:17:26,154 --> 01:17:28,023 If the truth is impertinent. 1157 01:17:29,213 --> 01:17:32,428 You're a woman of great passion. You deserve a man who can satisfy 1158 01:17:32,459 --> 01:17:33,117 your desires. 1159 01:17:33,159 --> 01:17:35,633 Huh, and you are suggesting that you are such a man? 1160 01:17:35,664 --> 01:17:37,125 I was good enough for you once. 1161 01:17:37,157 --> 01:17:38,482 Never quite good enough. 1162 01:17:40,455 --> 01:17:41,958 Now, kindly state your business. 1163 01:17:42,553 --> 01:17:45,215 Or was it your business to seduce the wife of 1164 01:17:45,246 --> 01:17:46,457 Sir Percy Blakeney? 1165 01:17:46,599 --> 01:17:51,119 In truth, I came to enlist your aid. 1166 01:17:52,611 --> 01:17:54,490 To help me learn the true identity of 1167 01:17:54,532 --> 01:17:56,087 the Scarlet Pimpernel. 1168 01:17:56,119 --> 01:17:57,643 The Scarlet Pimpernel? 1169 01:17:58,478 --> 01:18:00,075 Well, you astonish me. Where in the world 1170 01:18:00,106 --> 01:18:01,432 would I learn such a thing? 1171 01:18:01,474 --> 01:18:03,749 You are the pivot of social London. 1172 01:18:03,781 --> 01:18:06,025 You go everywhere. You see everything. 1173 01:18:06,067 --> 01:18:08,113 And hear everything. 1174 01:18:08,144 --> 01:18:10,534 Easy, my friend, are you asking me to spy for you? 1175 01:18:10,576 --> 01:18:13,457 No...for France. 1176 01:18:13,499 --> 01:18:16,505 Oh! What you propose is deplorable! 1177 01:18:17,236 --> 01:18:20,545 Whoever the man may be, he's brave, noble and compassionate. 1178 01:18:21,213 --> 01:18:23,540 You refuse, then? 1179 01:18:25,336 --> 01:18:28,895 Did you really believe, that I would help you, 1180 01:18:30,200 --> 01:18:32,518 after you maliciously implicated me in the death 1181 01:18:32,559 --> 01:18:34,563 of the Marquis and his family? 1182 01:18:35,555 --> 01:18:37,664 I would rather go to your beloved guillotine. 1183 01:18:38,457 --> 01:18:40,294 Would you have your brother go in your place? 1184 01:18:40,910 --> 01:18:43,311 Armand, what a joke. 1185 01:18:44,407 --> 01:18:46,672 He is in league with the Scarlet Pimpernel. 1186 01:18:46,714 --> 01:18:48,144 Why that's preposterous. 1187 01:18:48,154 --> 01:18:50,753 I have here irrefutable proof, and I will use it, 1188 01:18:51,275 --> 01:18:53,687 unless you do your duty and cooperate. 1189 01:18:54,438 --> 01:18:56,171 This is blackmail. 1190 01:18:56,213 --> 01:18:57,747 Call it what you will. I will have the Scarlet 1191 01:18:57,789 --> 01:18:59,083 Pimpernel's head or your brother's! 1192 01:19:00,786 --> 01:19:02,916 [Breathing heavily] Consider carefully. 1193 01:19:02,947 --> 01:19:05,045 I expect your decision this evening, 1194 01:19:05,077 --> 01:19:07,300 at the Lord Grenville's ball. 1195 01:19:08,406 --> 01:19:10,745 In the meantime, I advise you to keep silent. 1196 01:19:10,776 --> 01:19:12,425 Say nothing of this to anyone. 1197 01:19:13,469 --> 01:19:15,755 Not even to that fool you call your husband! 1198 01:19:15,786 --> 01:19:18,949 [Door slams shut] 1199 01:20:48,418 --> 01:20:50,631 Forgive me, if I startled you, Madame. 1200 01:20:52,021 --> 01:20:53,441 I must have been daydreaming. 1201 01:20:56,750 --> 01:20:57,804 How lovely you look. 1202 01:21:01,029 --> 01:21:03,837 How long has it been since you've noticed me at all. 1203 01:21:05,079 --> 01:21:10,246 Lord, Madame, I'd have to be blind not to notice. 1204 01:21:12,376 --> 01:21:14,401 In that gown, you'll be the belle of the ball. 1205 01:21:15,883 --> 01:21:20,152 Now, tell me, what was it you were dreaming about, 1206 01:21:20,194 --> 01:21:22,261 when I came in just now? 1207 01:21:23,524 --> 01:21:28,107 Percy, you've known Sir Andrew for a long time, haven't you? 1208 01:21:28,816 --> 01:21:30,455 We went to school together, Madame. 1209 01:21:31,332 --> 01:21:32,522 Why do you ask? 1210 01:21:32,553 --> 01:21:37,971 I was just wondering if he might not be the Scarlet Pimpernel. 1211 01:21:40,330 --> 01:21:44,297 Andrew? The Scarlet Pimpernel? 1212 01:21:46,050 --> 01:21:47,720 Most unlikely, my dear. 1213 01:21:48,837 --> 01:21:51,249 But, tell me, why the sudden interest in the identity of 1214 01:21:51,290 --> 01:21:52,501 the Scarlet Pimpernel? 1215 01:21:52,532 --> 01:21:56,165 Oh, I have no more interest than any other woman in London. 1216 01:21:56,207 --> 01:22:01,207 I wager your friend, Chauvelin, would give a great deal to know. 1217 01:22:01,888 --> 01:22:05,084 I'faith, I suspect that's the reason he came to England. 1218 01:22:05,925 --> 01:22:08,816 I'm surprised he hasn't confided as much. 1219 01:22:08,858 --> 01:22:11,426 To you, my dear. 1220 01:22:11,468 --> 01:22:13,107 To me? 1221 01:22:13,138 --> 01:22:16,990 Why, I haven't laid eyes on the man since he arrived. 1222 01:22:18,388 --> 01:22:20,246 Although, I'm sure you are right. 1223 01:22:23,211 --> 01:22:27,658 Well, if anyone's going to catch the Scarlet Pimpernel 1224 01:22:27,689 --> 01:22:31,301 it will not be Chauvelin. 1225 01:22:34,328 --> 01:22:35,340 And why is that? 1226 01:22:36,906 --> 01:22:42,439 Why? Odds fish, my dear, the man can't even tie his own cravat. 1227 01:22:42,470 --> 01:22:44,902 Really, Percy, is that all you think about? 1228 01:22:45,862 --> 01:22:48,963 Why aren't you the kind of man a woman can look up to? 1229 01:22:49,578 --> 01:22:51,823 Turn to in trouble. 1230 01:22:53,294 --> 01:22:54,464 Trouble, my dear? 1231 01:22:56,656 --> 01:22:58,493 Are you in trouble? 1232 01:22:59,620 --> 01:23:01,593 And if I were? 1233 01:23:02,188 --> 01:23:06,175 Why you might try confiding in me, 1234 01:23:08,232 --> 01:23:09,558 as once you used to. 1235 01:23:11,603 --> 01:23:12,887 What's the use. 1236 01:23:13,764 --> 01:23:16,562 We don't even speak the same language anymore. 1237 01:23:16,603 --> 01:23:18,754 [Bell rings] 1238 01:23:19,203 --> 01:23:21,363 [Door opens] 1239 01:23:24,203 --> 01:23:25,038 Pardon, Madame. 1240 01:23:40,017 --> 01:23:41,906 - The courier? - Murdered. 1241 01:23:45,591 --> 01:23:47,324 - Come with me, Chivers. - Yes, sir. 1242 01:23:53,002 --> 01:23:57,073 There can be no doubt Chauvelin knows about Armand. 1243 01:23:57,105 --> 01:23:58,159 He must be warned. 1244 01:23:58,785 --> 01:24:03,879 I want you to take this note to Lord Dewhurst, at once. 1245 01:24:04,297 --> 01:24:06,311 Tell him to give it to Sir Andrew at the ball, 1246 01:24:06,353 --> 01:24:07,762 and then destroy it. 1247 01:24:28,931 --> 01:24:36,760 [Trumpets sound arrival of the Prince of Wales] 1248 01:25:23,681 --> 01:25:26,896 His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales. 1249 01:25:27,627 --> 01:25:30,633 Sir Percival Blakeney and Lady Blakeney. 1250 01:25:33,482 --> 01:25:35,622 - Your Royal Highness. - Lady Granville. 1251 01:25:35,654 --> 01:25:37,439 Of course you know Sir Percy and Lady Blakeney, 1252 01:25:37,470 --> 01:25:38,587 Lord and Lady Granville. 1253 01:25:38,618 --> 01:25:41,061 My daughters, Elizabeth and Alice Ellen. 1254 01:25:41,092 --> 01:25:44,850 Charming. Really, quite charming. 1255 01:25:44,881 --> 01:25:46,645 [Chuckling] 1256 01:25:46,677 --> 01:25:49,349 Oh, continue, please continue. 1257 01:25:59,683 --> 01:26:01,917 Ah, the two lovebirds, at last. 1258 01:26:01,948 --> 01:26:04,474 - Countess. - Yes, you must have some champagne. 1259 01:26:05,006 --> 01:26:06,520 Isn't it exciting! 1260 01:26:06,562 --> 01:26:08,190 Andrew, here. 1261 01:26:09,672 --> 01:26:11,885 I shall expect you to dance every dance with me. 1262 01:26:11,917 --> 01:26:14,297 I must preserve at least one dance for him. 1263 01:26:14,328 --> 01:26:14,881 Thank you. 1264 01:26:25,226 --> 01:26:27,073 Sink me, I'm far too embarrassed. 1265 01:26:28,420 --> 01:26:29,224 If you insist. 1266 01:26:32,094 --> 01:26:37,470 The Scarlet Pimpernel. By Sir Percival Blakeney, Baronet. 1267 01:26:37,501 --> 01:26:38,994 [Shouts of bravo] 1268 01:26:39,036 --> 01:26:40,560 No, no, that's just the title. 1269 01:26:40,591 --> 01:26:42,146 [Laughter] 1270 01:26:43,660 --> 01:26:45,059 They seek him h'yere. 1271 01:26:45,643 --> 01:26:47,011 They seek him there. 1272 01:26:47,637 --> 01:26:51,478 Those frenchies seek him everywhere. 1273 01:26:52,240 --> 01:26:53,524 Is he in heaven? 1274 01:26:54,109 --> 01:26:57,345 Or is he in...Hell? 1275 01:26:58,034 --> 01:27:03,013 That damned, elusive, pimpernel. 1276 01:27:03,055 --> 01:27:05,033 [Laughter and applause] 1277 01:27:05,057 --> 01:27:07,594 Oh, this is commendable, Percy. It really is most commendable. 1278 01:27:07,618 --> 01:27:08,696 I don't know how you did it. 1279 01:27:09,086 --> 01:27:12,771 The pretty thing rhymes in four places, don't you see? 1280 01:27:13,543 --> 01:27:16,518 And if a rhyme rhymes, it makes a poem. 1281 01:27:16,560 --> 01:27:18,523 If you follow me. 1282 01:27:18,554 --> 01:27:20,182 As it were crystal clear, 1283 01:27:20,892 --> 01:27:22,479 my dear! 1284 01:27:22,521 --> 01:27:24,024 [Laughter] 1285 01:27:24,055 --> 01:27:25,955 May it please Your Royal Highness, 1286 01:27:25,997 --> 01:27:29,577 your Graces, my Lords, ladies and gentlemen, 1287 01:27:29,608 --> 01:27:32,207 pray take your places for the minuet. 1288 01:27:33,573 --> 01:27:34,657 Lady Blakeney, 1289 01:27:34,681 --> 01:27:36,414 would you do me the honor. 1290 01:27:42,468 --> 01:27:43,658 With your permission. 1291 01:27:44,222 --> 01:27:47,093 Don't forget Monsieur Chauvelin, the gigue is mine. 1292 01:27:49,003 --> 01:27:54,222 [Gasping] The French are such superb dancers. Heh, heh. 1293 01:28:01,529 --> 01:28:03,001 Have you made your decision? 1294 01:28:04,076 --> 01:28:05,391 You leave me little choice. 1295 01:28:11,571 --> 01:28:12,771 What do you want me to do? 1296 01:28:15,746 --> 01:28:19,191 Your friend Sir Andrew Ffoulkes has a note tucked in his sleeve. 1297 01:28:21,811 --> 01:28:23,481 Find out what it says. 1298 01:28:30,965 --> 01:28:32,207 But, how? 1299 01:28:36,644 --> 01:28:39,984 I leave that to your ingenuity as a consummate actress. 1300 01:28:48,544 --> 01:28:50,798 You know, you really should be dancing with her 1301 01:28:50,830 --> 01:28:52,260 yourself, my dear fellow. 1302 01:28:58,888 --> 01:29:01,967 You'll forgive me, sir, but I do find the minuet 1303 01:29:03,460 --> 01:29:04,441 rather tedious. 1304 01:29:09,556 --> 01:29:11,529 In that case, what about that game of hazard 1305 01:29:11,560 --> 01:29:12,541 you promised me? 1306 01:29:13,387 --> 01:29:15,767 Splendid, but I must warn you, sir. 1307 01:29:15,809 --> 01:29:18,157 I do feel devilish lucky tonight. 1308 01:29:20,276 --> 01:29:21,706 Damnation, uh, huh. 1309 01:29:45,757 --> 01:29:48,596 Pray, take your places for the allemande. 1310 01:29:48,627 --> 01:29:51,644 You mustn’t monopolize him, Suzanne, otherwise everyone 1311 01:29:51,686 --> 01:29:53,136 will think you're afraid he'll stray. 1312 01:29:53,178 --> 01:29:54,796 Come along, Andrew. 1313 01:30:41,153 --> 01:30:43,116 Whew! Oh! Ah. 1314 01:30:43,147 --> 01:30:45,036 Are you all right? 1315 01:30:45,068 --> 01:30:46,686 - [Gasp] - Marguerite! 1316 01:30:46,717 --> 01:30:47,782 I think it's just the heat. 1317 01:30:52,082 --> 01:30:52,823 Oh! 1318 01:30:53,919 --> 01:30:54,859 Thank you, Andrew. 1319 01:30:55,986 --> 01:30:58,157 [Sigh] I don't know what came over me. 1320 01:30:58,251 --> 01:30:59,734 Perhaps I'll fetch Percy. 1321 01:30:59,765 --> 01:31:01,111 No, don't leave me. 1322 01:31:01,153 --> 01:31:04,045 I only need to close my eyes for a moment or two. 1323 01:31:27,562 --> 01:31:28,439 [Whooh] 1324 01:31:29,139 --> 01:31:30,506 [Sigh] 1325 01:31:30,663 --> 01:31:31,853 Ahhhh. 1326 01:31:32,771 --> 01:31:33,919 How clever of you. 1327 01:31:34,817 --> 01:31:37,604 Um, almost as good as a burnt feather for giddiness. 1328 01:31:38,679 --> 01:31:39,619 [Sigh] 1329 01:31:39,661 --> 01:31:40,569 There! 1330 01:31:41,237 --> 01:31:42,688 I almost feel better already. 1331 01:31:43,523 --> 01:31:44,880 - Oh, dear. - Oh! 1332 01:31:44,921 --> 01:31:45,433 Let me do it. 1333 01:31:47,364 --> 01:31:48,450 There's no harm done. 1334 01:32:01,278 --> 01:32:05,548 One moment more, and I might have known the Lady's name. 1335 01:32:05,579 --> 01:32:06,592 Lady? 1336 01:32:06,633 --> 01:32:08,658 Or a Duchess, perhaps? 1337 01:32:08,690 --> 01:32:10,642 For shame, Andrew. 1338 01:32:10,673 --> 01:32:13,930 Entertaining love notes from secret admirers 1339 01:32:13,961 --> 01:32:17,103 behind Suzanne's back. 1340 01:32:21,122 --> 01:32:22,552 What will she say? 1341 01:32:31,550 --> 01:32:33,763 There was only a fragment left by time I got at it. 1342 01:32:33,805 --> 01:32:34,901 Could you make anything out? 1343 01:32:34,932 --> 01:32:38,314 It said, 'we leave for France tonight. 1344 01:32:38,356 --> 01:32:40,965 Meet me in the library at midnight for you instructions.' 1345 01:32:41,007 --> 01:32:43,063 and the signature? How was it signed? 1346 01:32:43,105 --> 01:32:43,857 Not signed. 1347 01:32:44,828 --> 01:32:46,633 It was only the symbol of a small flower. 1348 01:32:47,542 --> 01:32:49,765 The Scarlet Pimpernel. 1349 01:32:49,796 --> 01:32:53,241 In the library, at midnight. 1350 01:32:54,744 --> 01:32:56,623 You've done well, my dear, 1351 01:32:58,293 --> 01:32:59,347 very well, indeed. 1352 01:33:01,477 --> 01:33:03,919 Remarkable, how we complement each other. 1353 01:33:05,308 --> 01:33:06,738 But then we always did. 1354 01:33:06,894 --> 01:33:08,544 So this is where you're hiding. 1355 01:33:08,575 --> 01:33:09,995 You promised me the next gigue, 1356 01:33:10,036 --> 01:33:11,435 you naughty boy. 1357 01:33:11,477 --> 01:33:14,734 Forgive me, my dear. I shall return him shortly. 1358 01:33:16,644 --> 01:33:20,036 [Clock chimes] 1359 01:33:58,897 --> 01:33:59,384 [Creaking sound] 1360 01:33:59,408 --> 01:34:00,571 Who's there? 1361 01:34:02,221 --> 01:34:04,079 Do not turn around. 1362 01:34:05,561 --> 01:34:07,857 You must not turn around. 1363 01:34:09,288 --> 01:34:10,770 The Scarlet Pimpernel. 1364 01:34:16,521 --> 01:34:18,192 How did you know I was here? 1365 01:34:18,421 --> 01:34:20,801 I tricked Sir Andrew and read your note. 1366 01:34:22,367 --> 01:34:23,661 Why did you come? 1367 01:34:23,839 --> 01:34:24,736 To warn you. 1368 01:34:25,645 --> 01:34:27,931 Chauvelin knows that you'll be in this room at midnight. 1369 01:34:29,486 --> 01:34:30,478 You told him? 1370 01:34:31,375 --> 01:34:32,450 I had to. 1371 01:34:32,941 --> 01:34:35,279 To save my brother. 1372 01:34:36,949 --> 01:34:38,912 He threatened to have Armand arrested unless 1373 01:34:38,954 --> 01:34:40,885 I helped him to discover your identity. 1374 01:34:41,323 --> 01:34:43,118 Why are you doing this now? 1375 01:34:43,160 --> 01:34:45,123 Because I could never live with myself knowing 1376 01:34:45,164 --> 01:34:47,179 that I was responsible for your death. 1377 01:34:47,210 --> 01:34:48,745 What is one more life to you? 1378 01:34:48,776 --> 01:34:52,680 You already have the Marquis de St. Cyr and his family to your credit. 1379 01:34:52,722 --> 01:34:54,047 That's not true! 1380 01:34:55,425 --> 01:34:57,116 Chauvelin deceived me, 1381 01:34:57,732 --> 01:34:59,851 because I spurned him for another. 1382 01:35:01,386 --> 01:35:04,716 He maliciously put my name on the arrest warrant as informer. 1383 01:35:07,200 --> 01:35:11,501 I could never have sent the Marquis and his family to their deaths, 1384 01:35:11,542 --> 01:35:15,812 any more than I can now let you die 1385 01:35:15,843 --> 01:35:18,108 because of me. 1386 01:35:23,620 --> 01:35:28,985 If this is true, you are a very brave woman 1387 01:35:29,016 --> 01:35:30,050 for coming here. 1388 01:35:30,091 --> 01:35:31,814 I'm a fool. 1389 01:35:32,597 --> 01:35:36,884 If Chauvelin founds out, it could cost my brother's life. 1390 01:35:37,252 --> 01:35:39,350 No harm will ever come to your brother, 1391 01:35:39,966 --> 01:35:41,866 as long as I live. 1392 01:35:42,189 --> 01:35:43,828 Can I believe that? 1393 01:35:50,645 --> 01:35:55,968 I give you...my word. 1394 01:35:59,016 --> 01:36:00,749 I don't even know who you are. 1395 01:36:01,167 --> 01:36:02,356 Won't you tell me? 1396 01:36:04,340 --> 01:36:09,987 A phantom, my Lady, nothing more than a phantom. 1397 01:36:10,655 --> 01:36:14,684 No. You're very real to me. 1398 01:36:15,425 --> 01:36:18,150 As real as life itself. 1399 01:36:20,415 --> 01:36:22,617 How strongly close you feel to me. 1400 01:36:25,832 --> 01:36:30,853 We are so near, I can feel your warmth. 1401 01:36:32,221 --> 01:36:33,171 Touch me, 1402 01:36:34,663 --> 01:36:36,553 so that I may know that you are real. 1403 01:36:52,002 --> 01:36:53,275 [Clock strikes] 1404 01:36:53,306 --> 01:36:54,684 Chauvelin! 1405 01:36:54,740 --> 01:37:02,663 [Clock chimes 12] 1406 01:37:20,167 --> 01:37:21,545 He must not find you here. 1407 01:37:21,576 --> 01:37:24,123 Quickly. The window. 1408 01:37:32,077 --> 01:37:33,247 But, what's to keep... 1409 01:38:15,574 --> 01:38:16,879 Damn! 1410 01:38:18,048 --> 01:38:21,910 [Snoring] 1411 01:39:12,731 --> 01:39:13,409 Percy! 1412 01:39:14,501 --> 01:39:15,148 What happened? 1413 01:39:15,190 --> 01:39:16,317 What was Chauvelin after? 1414 01:39:17,069 --> 01:39:18,875 He was looking for the Scarlet Pimpernel. 1415 01:39:21,770 --> 01:39:23,889 I pray he found a fool. 1416 01:39:25,691 --> 01:39:27,444 But now we must take greater care than ever. 1417 01:39:27,965 --> 01:39:29,290 Tony, we sail for France tonight. 1418 01:39:29,522 --> 01:39:31,181 Armand's life is in danger. 1419 01:39:31,223 --> 01:39:32,799 But what of the rest of us? 1420 01:39:32,841 --> 01:39:35,357 I shall send word the moment it is safe for you to join us. 1421 01:39:35,837 --> 01:39:37,194 My yacht is anchored at Dover, 1422 01:39:37,977 --> 01:39:39,115 and we must sail with the tide. 1423 01:39:39,334 --> 01:39:41,025 Uh, what shall I tell Marguerite? 1424 01:39:42,946 --> 01:39:47,507 Tell her I love her, more than ever. 1425 01:39:52,090 --> 01:39:53,467 Paul, you're leaving. 1426 01:39:54,438 --> 01:39:55,336 Does that mean you're satisfied? 1427 01:39:55,367 --> 01:39:57,559 I could not be more delighted, my dear. 1428 01:39:57,966 --> 01:40:00,472 I sail tomorrow for France, where I shall finish the 1429 01:40:00,513 --> 01:40:03,593 Scarlet Pimpernel once and for all. 1430 01:40:05,088 --> 01:40:06,842 Then you found out what you wanted to know? 1431 01:40:07,273 --> 01:40:08,766 Everything. 1432 01:40:09,010 --> 01:40:12,100 Oh, by the way, my dear, I found this in the library. 1433 01:40:12,710 --> 01:40:15,006 How careless of you to have dropped it. 1434 01:40:17,904 --> 01:40:19,574 Paul, what about our bargain? 1435 01:40:20,440 --> 01:40:22,173 Oh, you'll have your brother back alive 1436 01:40:22,658 --> 01:40:24,829 only when I have caught the Scarlet Pimpernel, 1437 01:40:25,261 --> 01:40:26,743 here or in France. 1438 01:40:27,225 --> 01:40:29,622 Think twice before you interfere again. 1439 01:40:49,740 --> 01:40:51,514 Chivers! Where's Sir Percy? 1440 01:40:51,546 --> 01:40:53,289 I must speak to him at once. 1441 01:40:53,320 --> 01:40:54,343 He's gone, my Lady. 1442 01:40:55,408 --> 01:40:57,318 Gone? Where to? 1443 01:40:57,350 --> 01:40:59,636 There's a note for you in the library. 1444 01:41:19,970 --> 01:41:21,932 In the north country? In the middle of the night? 1445 01:41:21,974 --> 01:41:23,821 How bizarre. 1446 01:41:45,439 --> 01:41:46,940 The Scarlet Pimpernel. 1447 01:41:48,299 --> 01:41:49,600 Percy. 1448 01:41:51,093 --> 01:41:52,921 Oh, God, what have I done? 1449 01:41:56,154 --> 01:41:57,698 She mollycoddles the boy. 1450 01:41:57,730 --> 01:42:00,788 A pillow for his royal head. Shoes for his royal feet! 1451 01:42:00,830 --> 01:42:03,847 Next she'll be turning over the crown to the little brat! 1452 01:42:03,878 --> 01:42:06,780 What can you expect from a woman, Citizen St. Just? 1453 01:42:06,811 --> 01:42:08,847 Ha, ha, she's soft in the head. 1454 01:42:09,014 --> 01:42:11,456 But I can assure you Madame Duval is as trustworthy 1455 01:42:11,498 --> 01:42:12,385 as her husband. 1456 01:42:12,427 --> 01:42:13,241 Trustworthy? Ha. 1457 01:42:13,283 --> 01:42:15,611 I'm not so sure either is trustworthy. 1458 01:42:15,653 --> 01:42:19,358 I hear the man is in debt, and that makes him 1459 01:42:19,389 --> 01:42:20,997 ripe for bribery. 1460 01:42:21,028 --> 01:42:22,730 Bribery? 1461 01:42:22,772 --> 01:42:25,225 Well, those bent on rescuing the boy, 1462 01:42:25,256 --> 01:42:27,678 would be willing to pay handsomely. 1463 01:42:28,001 --> 01:42:29,692 Duval and his wife will be replaced 1464 01:42:29,724 --> 01:42:31,373 - as soon as possible. - Come on. 1465 01:42:31,519 --> 01:42:32,385 Very wise. 1466 01:42:34,348 --> 01:42:40,611 Death, robbing my eyes of light, will give back to the sun 1467 01:42:40,653 --> 01:42:43,659 it's untarnished purity! 1468 01:42:46,154 --> 01:42:50,193 [Applause and cheers] 1469 01:42:51,540 --> 01:42:52,824 A word, my friend. 1470 01:42:52,855 --> 01:42:54,066 Ah, will it wait? 1471 01:42:54,108 --> 01:42:57,041 - Mademoiselle Longet... - I have received information, 1472 01:42:57,072 --> 01:43:00,412 that Chauvelin has sent a secret communiqué 1473 01:43:00,444 --> 01:43:02,041 from London concerning you. 1474 01:43:02,072 --> 01:43:03,513 Concerning me? 1475 01:43:03,544 --> 01:43:06,415 Chauvelin knows that you are in league with 1476 01:43:06,446 --> 01:43:07,469 the Scarlet Pimpernel. 1477 01:43:07,500 --> 01:43:11,195 I? In league with the Scarlet Pimpernel? 1478 01:43:11,227 --> 01:43:14,744 Oh, really, Baron, someone has been teasing you. 1479 01:43:14,786 --> 01:43:17,072 Ah, you're playing a very dangerous game, 1480 01:43:17,103 --> 01:43:18,534 Monsieur Armand St. Just. 1481 01:43:19,170 --> 01:43:21,989 Now, why not tell your Scarlet Pimpernel to leave 1482 01:43:22,020 --> 01:43:24,797 the rescue of the Dauphin to the French loyalists? 1483 01:43:25,183 --> 01:43:27,824 After all, they have a far more legitimate claim 1484 01:43:27,865 --> 01:43:29,254 to him than the English have. 1485 01:43:29,296 --> 01:43:32,730 If I knew the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, 1486 01:43:32,772 --> 01:43:36,822 and I do not, he would laugh in my face. 1487 01:43:37,030 --> 01:43:39,431 He must know you want the boy for yourself. 1488 01:43:39,473 --> 01:43:40,152 I? 1489 01:43:40,183 --> 01:43:42,646 So that you can collect the gold that awaits 1490 01:43:42,678 --> 01:43:45,099 you in Vienna, when you deliver the heir to the 1491 01:43:45,141 --> 01:43:48,001 French throne to your Austrian friends. 1492 01:43:48,043 --> 01:43:49,838 Hm? 1493 01:43:50,809 --> 01:43:52,782 And did the Scarlet Pimpernel tell you that? 1494 01:43:52,813 --> 01:43:54,264 Of course not. He's not even in Paris. 1495 01:43:57,719 --> 01:43:59,797 Thank you for your word of warning, Baron. 1496 01:44:00,465 --> 01:44:03,335 And now, if you will excuse me, 1497 01:44:03,377 --> 01:44:06,060 I don't like to keep Mademoiselle Longet waiting. 1498 01:44:19,880 --> 01:44:21,404 [Pounding on door] 1499 01:44:23,179 --> 01:44:25,089 Open, in the name of the Republic. 1500 01:44:27,010 --> 01:44:29,442 The very idea. Disturbing decent citizens 1501 01:44:29,473 --> 01:44:30,517 with all that noise. 1502 01:44:31,216 --> 01:44:33,408 Where is Mademoiselle Longet? 1503 01:44:33,534 --> 01:44:35,371 Where else would she be at his ungodly hour? 1504 01:44:35,402 --> 01:44:36,227 In her boudoir. 1505 01:44:47,876 --> 01:44:50,068 Why, it's Alfonse Ponceau! 1506 01:44:50,371 --> 01:44:52,145 Forgive me my dear, but he insisted. 1507 01:44:52,177 --> 01:44:53,878 That's quite all right, Aunt Lulu. 1508 01:44:53,920 --> 01:44:55,924 Monsieur Ponceau and I are old friends. 1509 01:44:56,394 --> 01:44:58,899 It's a trifle early for a social call, Monsieur. 1510 01:44:58,941 --> 01:45:01,603 This is not a social call, Mademoiselle. 1511 01:45:01,947 --> 01:45:06,018 I am here to arrest the man in your boudoir. 1512 01:45:07,010 --> 01:45:09,609 Oh, there must be some mistake. 1513 01:45:09,651 --> 01:45:12,208 Ha, ha, arrest! Citizen St. Just! 1514 01:45:12,980 --> 01:45:16,258 The warrant was signed by Citizen Chauvelin, himself, 1515 01:45:16,289 --> 01:45:20,005 when he returned from London this very morning. 1516 01:45:20,047 --> 01:45:23,367 He means to arrest his own superior? A man as important as 1517 01:45:23,398 --> 01:45:24,838 Citizen Robespierre? 1518 01:45:24,880 --> 01:45:27,041 Superior? 1519 01:45:27,845 --> 01:45:30,164 Did you say you were here to arrest Louis St. Just? 1520 01:45:30,188 --> 01:45:34,473 Louis St. Just? I am to arrest Armand St. Just. 1521 01:45:35,015 --> 01:45:36,227 See here. 1522 01:45:36,300 --> 01:45:42,145 Oh, that explains it. The gentleman in my boudoir 1523 01:45:42,177 --> 01:45:47,145 is not Armand St. Just, but Louis, his distinguished cousin. 1524 01:45:47,177 --> 01:45:50,277 Do you mean to say in that room, at this moment, sleeps one of the most 1525 01:45:50,319 --> 01:45:51,770 powerful men in France? 1526 01:45:52,365 --> 01:45:54,870 Well, unless all the fuss has disturbed him, shall I go... 1527 01:45:54,912 --> 01:45:56,824 No. No. No. No. No. Why disturb the good citizen 1528 01:45:56,848 --> 01:45:59,167 if he's asleep. I'll just leave, quietly. 1529 01:45:59,191 --> 01:46:02,078 No need even to mention this little incident. 1530 01:46:02,344 --> 01:46:06,853 Such a busy man. So many important things on his mind. 1531 01:46:06,884 --> 01:46:10,945 Please, [gasp], just forget I was here, a silly misunderstanding, 1532 01:46:10,987 --> 01:46:11,634 that's all. 1533 01:46:12,020 --> 01:46:13,408 Come along, you idiots. 1534 01:46:19,577 --> 01:46:20,777 You were wonderful. 1535 01:46:20,819 --> 01:46:23,638 When he realizes his mistake he'll be back. 1536 01:46:23,697 --> 01:46:25,618 You must leave Paris immediately. 1537 01:46:25,642 --> 01:46:29,212 Not without you. You're coming with me to England. 1538 01:46:29,319 --> 01:46:32,931 Be ready at midday tomorrow, and I'll return to fetch you then. 1539 01:46:32,962 --> 01:46:35,523 It's too dangerous. They'll be watching the house. 1540 01:46:35,608 --> 01:46:37,897 Meet me at the theater. Now go! 1541 01:46:41,355 --> 01:46:43,402 No. Not that way. They'll be watching the house. 1542 01:46:43,444 --> 01:46:44,645 Go to the roof. 1543 01:46:47,419 --> 01:46:48,683 Till midday. 1544 01:47:00,670 --> 01:47:04,303 Imbecile! Louis St. Just is as celibate as a monk. 1545 01:47:04,722 --> 01:47:07,509 I doubt if he's slept with his own wife in ten years. 1546 01:47:07,655 --> 01:47:09,858 She's taken you for the fool you are. 1547 01:47:09,889 --> 01:47:12,102 I shall return at once and make the arrest. 1548 01:47:12,133 --> 01:47:13,459 Oh, he's long gone by now. 1549 01:47:13,490 --> 01:47:18,208 - But the... - I'll handle this myself. - But he... - Ponceau - but I really... - Get out! 1550 01:47:21,361 --> 01:47:22,217 [Sigh] 1551 01:47:27,874 --> 01:47:29,973 Go to the residence of Mademoiselle Longet, 1552 01:47:30,004 --> 01:47:33,094 inform me the minute Armand St. Just shows his face. 1553 01:47:33,741 --> 01:47:35,526 Armand St. Just. 1554 01:47:38,730 --> 01:47:42,102 Duval, the Dauphin's jailor, and his wife will be replaced tomorrow. 1555 01:47:43,021 --> 01:47:46,883 So...at long last, we can make our move, 1556 01:47:47,488 --> 01:47:49,023 thanks to you, my dear Armand. 1557 01:47:49,482 --> 01:47:50,693 Now listen carefully. 1558 01:47:52,259 --> 01:47:54,388 The boy will be brought to the rendezvous point 1559 01:47:54,430 --> 01:47:57,613 outside Paris...here, 1560 01:47:57,645 --> 01:48:00,401 where Armand will be waiting, precisely at midday. 1561 01:48:00,881 --> 01:48:02,196 The timing is crucial. 1562 01:48:02,760 --> 01:48:05,411 One slip...and we can have half the revolutionary 1563 01:48:05,442 --> 01:48:06,914 force of France on our heels. 1564 01:48:08,386 --> 01:48:10,808 From there, he will be taken to the transfer point, 1565 01:48:11,006 --> 01:48:12,697 where Tony will be waiting with the horses. 1566 01:48:13,501 --> 01:48:15,234 Tony takes him on to Mont St. Pierre, 1567 01:48:15,265 --> 01:48:16,851 whilst you ride on to Calais. 1568 01:48:17,060 --> 01:48:23,699 You bring the yacht... to the rendezvous point...here. 1569 01:48:24,753 --> 01:48:25,380 Where you wait. 1570 01:48:25,839 --> 01:48:28,083 Only until the boy is safely on board. 1571 01:48:28,918 --> 01:48:30,401 And then on the first available tide 1572 01:48:30,442 --> 01:48:31,956 sail for England. 1573 01:48:33,021 --> 01:48:37,133 Where you, my dear Armand, must stay. It is no longer safe for you in Paris. 1574 01:48:37,165 --> 01:48:39,231 Ugh! Is it safe for any of us? 1575 01:48:39,263 --> 01:48:40,946 You took an oath of unquestioning obedience 1576 01:48:40,988 --> 01:48:41,598 when you joined us. 1577 01:48:41,722 --> 01:48:43,058 But I gave my word to Louise! 1578 01:48:43,407 --> 01:48:45,912 It is your word to the League that concerns me now. 1579 01:48:46,945 --> 01:48:49,931 Percy, let me go back and bring her to England. 1580 01:48:51,653 --> 01:48:52,530 Out of the question. 1581 01:48:52,561 --> 01:48:54,743 How can you be so unfeeling? 1582 01:48:54,785 --> 01:48:57,259 You don't even know the meaning of love. 1583 01:49:01,422 --> 01:49:03,384 You must learn to trust me, my friend. 1584 01:49:08,249 --> 01:49:11,234 Do not trouble you head with thoughts of Louise. 1585 01:49:14,439 --> 01:49:15,983 I will see that she is safe. 1586 01:49:17,622 --> 01:49:20,054 Will you bring her back to England? 1587 01:49:20,963 --> 01:49:22,748 I give you my word. 1588 01:49:23,781 --> 01:49:24,950 [Sigh] 1589 01:49:25,221 --> 01:49:27,434 Now. Get some rest. 1590 01:49:29,418 --> 01:49:33,917 By the way. You're wrong about my not knowing 1591 01:49:33,948 --> 01:49:37,727 the meaning of love... Quite wrong. 1592 01:49:47,211 --> 01:49:48,850 I should never have allowed you to come along. 1593 01:49:48,882 --> 01:49:50,019 It's far too dangerous. 1594 01:49:50,061 --> 01:49:52,723 I would gladly face any danger to save Percy. 1595 01:49:53,548 --> 01:49:55,959 I love him more than life itself. I know that now. 1596 01:49:56,105 --> 01:49:58,120 I can only pray that I'm doing the right thing. 1597 01:49:58,339 --> 01:50:00,969 Had you hesitated, he would surely have gone to the guillotine. 1598 01:50:03,704 --> 01:50:05,740 Look, Calais. 1599 01:50:07,358 --> 01:50:08,662 We'll land my nightfall. 1600 01:50:41,018 --> 01:50:42,083 Aren't you going to stop him? 1601 01:50:46,394 --> 01:50:47,239 No. 1602 01:50:51,502 --> 01:50:52,880 [Knocking on door] 1603 01:51:12,170 --> 01:51:13,005 Ride. 1604 01:51:14,748 --> 01:51:15,552 Giddy-up 1605 01:51:20,886 --> 01:51:24,017 Tyrone. Tyrone! 1606 01:51:24,571 --> 01:51:26,189 Tyrone, take care of that tray. 1607 01:51:27,368 --> 01:51:29,132 That belonged to my grandmother. 1608 01:51:31,314 --> 01:51:34,644 Citizen, Tyrone, to you, eh? 1609 01:51:36,042 --> 01:51:36,992 This way. 1610 01:51:41,919 --> 01:51:44,497 Well, they're now welcome to the brat. 1611 01:51:44,529 --> 01:51:46,836 Huh, let's see how long the next man lasts. 1612 01:51:46,877 --> 01:51:48,026 Come on, let's get outta here. 1613 01:51:48,047 --> 01:51:49,591 What about the rest of our furniture? 1614 01:51:49,623 --> 01:51:52,859 Ah, the lackey'l manage. You've given 'em the gate pass 1615 01:51:52,890 --> 01:51:53,756 and the address? 1616 01:51:53,788 --> 01:51:55,802 Uh, yeah, I know, I know. 1617 01:51:55,844 --> 01:51:57,786 Rue de Beck St. Clair... 1618 01:51:57,817 --> 01:52:00,239 Now, you make sure you get there 'fore dark. 1619 01:52:00,280 --> 01:52:01,637 Aw right, aw right. 1620 01:52:08,193 --> 01:52:09,372 Hi! Up! 1621 01:52:09,514 --> 01:52:12,625 [Horse whinny] 1622 01:52:17,954 --> 01:52:19,917 As soon as the lackey has the apartment clear, 1623 01:52:19,948 --> 01:52:22,432 you and your wife can move you things in, Citizen Journo. 1624 01:52:28,758 --> 01:52:31,201 Well, make way, then, make way. 1625 01:52:31,890 --> 01:52:34,979 Madame Duval's precious china, this is, yeah. 1626 01:53:15,206 --> 01:53:16,103 Giddap, then. 1627 01:53:21,657 --> 01:53:23,128 These will be your quarters, 1628 01:53:24,673 --> 01:53:27,001 and in here you'll find the brat. 1629 01:53:29,590 --> 01:53:31,761 I warn you. He's a handful. 1630 01:53:33,525 --> 01:53:35,581 You leave him to me and my Mrs. 1631 01:53:35,623 --> 01:53:37,648 He'll toe the line, he will. 1632 01:53:38,455 --> 01:53:39,812 Papers. 1633 01:53:45,157 --> 01:53:47,756 This pass is signed by Citizen Fouquet. 1634 01:53:49,729 --> 01:53:51,211 The governor of the Temple prison! 1635 01:53:51,253 --> 01:53:54,165 The very same, Sergeant. The very same. 1636 01:53:55,146 --> 01:53:57,119 Right. Pass! 1637 01:53:57,161 --> 01:53:58,810 Gates! 1638 01:54:10,422 --> 01:54:12,886 ...specific instructions to inform me if there's 1639 01:54:12,927 --> 01:54:14,222 any change in the jailors. 1640 01:54:14,264 --> 01:54:16,654 On my word, Citizen. He was sleeping like a babe 1641 01:54:16,696 --> 01:54:17,781 the last time I looked in. 1642 01:54:17,823 --> 01:54:19,702 Just as he is now. Look for yourself. 1643 01:54:23,564 --> 01:54:25,600 What prompted you to make this sudden change? 1644 01:54:25,641 --> 01:54:27,646 Well, when I received your warning about Duval. 1645 01:54:27,687 --> 01:54:29,003 I gave no warning. 1646 01:54:30,652 --> 01:54:32,875 St. Just. Open that door. 1647 01:54:32,507 --> 01:54:33,530 I said open it! 1648 01:54:33,571 --> 01:54:37,569 [Keys jangle; Door opens] 1649 01:55:15,930 --> 01:55:16,661 Ugh. 1650 01:55:24,876 --> 01:55:26,901 Would you like to see some magic? 1651 01:55:28,029 --> 01:55:28,874 Huh? 1652 01:55:32,287 --> 01:55:33,049 All right, then. 1653 01:55:35,001 --> 01:55:35,774 Watch this. 1654 01:55:38,822 --> 01:55:41,181 Hah. Hah. 1655 01:56:03,978 --> 01:56:04,709 Uh huh. 1656 01:56:05,732 --> 01:56:07,131 Let that be a lesson to you, sir. 1657 01:56:07,830 --> 01:56:09,469 Never take anyone for granted. 1658 01:56:12,079 --> 01:56:13,164 Gates! 1659 01:56:15,682 --> 01:56:17,028 Clear the way! 1660 01:56:28,876 --> 01:56:29,846 Down on the floor, sir. 1661 01:56:30,911 --> 01:56:31,976 We are in for a run. 1662 01:56:32,832 --> 01:56:33,750 Giddap! 1663 01:56:40,798 --> 01:56:41,978 [Gunshot] 1664 01:56:57,928 --> 01:56:58,669 [Gunshot] 1665 01:56:58,400 --> 01:56:59,579 Oh! 1666 01:57:21,636 --> 01:57:23,891 Right. Spread out and search the woods, 1667 01:57:23,932 --> 01:57:25,028 they can't have gone far. 1668 01:57:38,379 --> 01:57:39,642 They must have crossed the river 1669 01:57:40,289 --> 01:57:41,876 search the other side. 1670 01:58:09,840 --> 01:58:11,271 Good god, man, hold your fire! 1671 01:58:11,312 --> 01:58:12,043 Percy. 1672 01:58:12,074 --> 01:58:13,484 I've had my fair share for one day. 1673 01:58:18,598 --> 01:58:20,592 You must take the boy on to Mont St. Pierre. 1674 01:58:20,623 --> 01:58:22,586 Find some way to notify the captain of my ship 1675 01:58:22,617 --> 01:58:24,249 that the plans have changed. 1676 01:58:24,569 --> 01:58:26,037 Meanwhile I'll return to Paris. 1677 01:58:26,061 --> 01:58:27,304 My dear chap, you can't possibly... 1678 01:58:27,335 --> 01:58:28,838 Armand didn't arrive. 1679 01:58:28,880 --> 01:58:30,550 He must be in trouble. 1680 01:58:30,592 --> 01:58:32,531 I cannot desert him now. 1681 01:58:32,982 --> 01:58:34,381 Right, Percy. 1682 01:58:45,028 --> 01:58:46,375 And up. 1683 01:58:48,170 --> 01:58:49,381 God speed, Your Highness. 1684 01:59:00,509 --> 01:59:01,605 [Horse whinny] 1685 01:59:11,051 --> 01:59:12,147 [Knock on door] 1686 01:59:16,563 --> 01:59:17,398 What do you want? 1687 01:59:17,440 --> 01:59:19,131 A gentleman asked me to give you this. 1688 01:59:22,596 --> 01:59:24,214 Tell him it's safe to come in. 1689 01:59:28,494 --> 01:59:30,060 She says it's safe. 1690 01:59:37,398 --> 01:59:38,348 Thank you. 1691 01:59:47,304 --> 01:59:48,661 Quickly, Monsieur, come with me. 1692 02:00:04,997 --> 02:00:05,999 In there. 1693 02:00:27,575 --> 02:00:28,912 Mademoiselle Longet. 1694 02:00:31,980 --> 02:00:33,964 Please forgive him, Sir Percy. 1695 02:00:34,005 --> 02:00:34,903 No matter. 1696 02:00:35,738 --> 02:00:42,241 I too understand the strength of love. 1697 02:00:42,273 --> 02:00:44,694 [Clearing throat] 1698 02:00:48,703 --> 02:00:50,060 Good day, Sir Percy. 1699 02:00:51,730 --> 02:00:54,162 I realized that your noblesse oblige would not 1700 02:00:54,204 --> 02:00:56,709 permit you to abandon one of your men. 1701 02:01:03,045 --> 02:01:04,527 I'm sorry, Percy. 1702 02:01:11,866 --> 02:01:14,820 Sink me, if you aren't right, 1703 02:01:15,582 --> 02:01:16,469 for a change. 1704 02:01:17,742 --> 02:01:20,070 But then, two no account fellows like us 1705 02:01:20,102 --> 02:01:23,285 in exchange for one royal prince 1706 02:01:23,703 --> 02:01:26,417 would seem to be a fair exchange, 1707 02:01:26,459 --> 02:01:27,753 don't you think? 1708 02:01:28,317 --> 02:01:32,628 Amazing, how a mere lad can slip through your 1709 02:01:32,659 --> 02:01:34,861 fingers so easily. Huh? 1710 02:01:35,008 --> 02:01:36,699 - I'll wager, there'll be the devil to pay, 1711 02:01:37,555 --> 02:01:39,058 when your Committee of National Security 1712 02:01:39,747 --> 02:01:43,014 discovers that he left the country. 1713 02:01:43,056 --> 02:01:46,866 Oh, has he left the country? My understanding was 1714 02:01:46,907 --> 02:01:49,684 there was some problem in getting away. 1715 02:01:49,841 --> 02:01:55,060 No. No. No. It's done like this. Now's your chance! 1716 02:02:14,715 --> 02:02:16,626 Very foolish, Sir Percy. 1717 02:02:17,064 --> 02:02:21,887 Gad, sir, nobless oblige. 1718 02:02:22,158 --> 02:02:23,880 [Door opens] 1719 02:02:25,175 --> 02:02:28,191 Lady Blakeney. What a delightful surprise. 1720 02:02:28,327 --> 02:02:30,154 I seriously doubt that. 1721 02:02:33,202 --> 02:02:38,066 I had heard, unofficially of course, that you were in Paris. 1722 02:02:38,181 --> 02:02:39,465 Please, won't you take a seat? 1723 02:02:40,133 --> 02:02:41,417 I shall make this brief. 1724 02:02:41,740 --> 02:02:45,196 I'm here on behalf of my husband. This is a petition of clemency, 1725 02:02:45,227 --> 02:02:47,179 signed by the Prince of Wales. 1726 02:02:48,160 --> 02:02:51,396 No, unless you wish me to take it to Robespierre, himself. 1727 02:02:52,241 --> 02:02:54,621 I demand that you let me see my husband at once. 1728 02:02:54,663 --> 02:02:56,740 [Sigh] 1729 02:02:56,772 --> 02:02:58,452 There's no need for all that. 1730 02:03:00,728 --> 02:03:02,659 You had but to ask. 1731 02:03:13,171 --> 02:03:14,173 You have a visitor. 1732 02:03:27,064 --> 02:03:28,150 Marguerite. 1733 02:03:29,788 --> 02:03:31,531 Alone, as you promised. 1734 02:03:31,981 --> 02:03:33,004 Two minutes. 1735 02:03:35,853 --> 02:03:37,385 Remember my conditions. 1736 02:03:39,903 --> 02:03:42,857 [Door closes and locks] 1737 02:04:05,707 --> 02:04:07,690 Oh, my darling! 1738 02:04:18,264 --> 02:04:19,715 How I prayed you would come. 1739 02:04:21,991 --> 02:04:24,287 My darling, can you ever forgive me for doubting you? 1740 02:04:24,329 --> 02:04:26,615 Oh, it is I who must beg your forgiveness. 1741 02:04:28,035 --> 02:04:31,145 Chauvelin says he will release you if you 1742 02:04:31,187 --> 02:04:32,795 tell him the Dauphin's whereabouts. 1743 02:04:34,016 --> 02:04:38,692 If not... Oh, Percy, I couldn't bear 1744 02:04:38,724 --> 02:04:39,611 to lose you now. 1745 02:04:44,924 --> 02:04:46,239 He knew that your tears would be the worst 1746 02:04:46,271 --> 02:04:47,680 possible torture. 1747 02:04:49,538 --> 02:04:50,811 Tell them. 1748 02:04:52,565 --> 02:04:54,504 Tell them what they want to know. 1749 02:04:54,601 --> 02:04:56,125 My darling, I cannot. 1750 02:04:56,845 --> 02:04:58,452 You must not ask me. 1751 02:04:59,674 --> 02:05:01,417 Then we must find a way to get you out of 1752 02:05:01,459 --> 02:05:02,899 this dreadful place. 1753 02:05:05,373 --> 02:05:06,626 There may be a way. 1754 02:05:09,016 --> 02:05:09,841 Now listen carefully. 1755 02:05:10,509 --> 02:05:12,033 There's not enough time to repeat anything. 1756 02:05:12,910 --> 02:05:16,020 The life of the Dauphin and all my men may depend 1757 02:05:16,052 --> 02:05:17,826 on your ability to execute my orders 1758 02:05:17,857 --> 02:05:18,599 to the letter. 1759 02:05:20,290 --> 02:05:22,116 Quickly, put this on. 1760 02:05:23,233 --> 02:05:25,290 You will need it in order to carry out my instructions. 1761 02:05:28,797 --> 02:05:31,406 Who would have imagined that one day I would be 1762 02:05:31,448 --> 02:05:33,275 in league with the Scarlet Pimpernel. 1763 02:05:34,381 --> 02:05:37,273 I was so sure he wanted the boy for England. 1764 02:05:37,315 --> 02:05:38,661 He wants the boy to live. 1765 02:05:39,340 --> 02:05:41,333 And you are now the only guarantee of that. 1766 02:05:42,941 --> 02:05:45,279 These orders will release the Dauphin to your custody. 1767 02:05:46,052 --> 02:05:48,024 Deliver them to Lord Anthony Dewhurst, 1768 02:05:49,538 --> 02:05:51,834 at the island fortress of Mont St. Pierre. 1769 02:05:52,586 --> 02:05:54,361 After that, you have until tomorrow nightfall 1770 02:05:54,392 --> 02:05:55,812 to get the boy across the border. 1771 02:05:55,843 --> 02:05:57,899 Huh, but, I need more time than that. 1772 02:05:57,931 --> 02:06:00,436 There are arrangements to be made. The drive's long and hot. 1773 02:06:00,477 --> 02:06:02,784 Tomorrow at nightfall. I can offer you no more. 1774 02:06:04,047 --> 02:06:04,914 [Door closes] 1775 02:06:05,404 --> 02:06:07,304 At last you're talking sense. 1776 02:06:07,346 --> 02:06:09,935 One condition, my dear Chauvelin. 1777 02:06:10,488 --> 02:06:13,505 My wife, her brother and all my men must be 1778 02:06:13,536 --> 02:06:16,521 guaranteed safe conduct back to England. 1779 02:06:16,563 --> 02:06:18,004 As soon as I have the boy. 1780 02:06:18,578 --> 02:06:19,945 Where is he? 1781 02:06:19,976 --> 02:06:21,908 I'm afraid I cannot tell you that. 1782 02:06:21,939 --> 02:06:23,828 I must lead you to him personally. 1783 02:06:24,496 --> 02:06:26,793 My men will only release him in exchange for me. 1784 02:06:27,523 --> 02:06:28,442 Agreed. 1785 02:06:28,473 --> 02:06:30,655 A little matter of loyalty, you understand. 1786 02:06:30,686 --> 02:06:32,169 Of course. 1787 02:06:32,242 --> 02:06:33,609 One other matter. 1788 02:06:34,256 --> 02:06:36,939 A change of linen, perhaps. 1789 02:06:36,981 --> 02:06:39,027 He takes you for a fool, Chauvelin. 1790 02:06:39,465 --> 02:06:41,584 My dear Fouquet, if it becomes inevitable 1791 02:06:41,626 --> 02:06:43,672 that I should take a ride on the tumbrel 1792 02:06:43,713 --> 02:06:48,066 I can assure you that I intend to go properly dressed. 1793 02:06:48,108 --> 02:06:49,705 He can scheme all he likes. 1794 02:06:49,935 --> 02:06:50,425 Guard! 1795 02:06:50,457 --> 02:06:53,296 [Door opens] 1796 02:07:04,016 --> 02:07:06,542 Hostages? How noble you are. 1797 02:07:06,584 --> 02:07:09,361 You are not the only one to scheme, Sir Percy. 1798 02:07:10,050 --> 02:07:13,703 You and I will travel together. They will follow in the coach behind. 1799 02:07:13,745 --> 02:07:17,179 Any trickery, my friend, and they die. 1800 02:07:18,399 --> 02:07:21,332 All I ask is, that you lead me to the boy. 1801 02:07:46,821 --> 02:07:48,251 Baron de Batz, my Lord. 1802 02:07:48,618 --> 02:07:49,557 Louis! 1803 02:07:58,023 --> 02:07:59,108 Your Highness, 1804 02:07:59,672 --> 02:08:01,384 this gentleman is the Baron de Batz. 1805 02:08:02,177 --> 02:08:04,119 He's going to take across the northern frontier 1806 02:08:04,150 --> 02:08:05,424 and from there into Austria. 1807 02:08:06,280 --> 02:08:07,480 Your Royal Highness. 1808 02:08:08,221 --> 02:08:09,902 You have many friends in my country, 1809 02:08:10,612 --> 02:08:12,689 who will help you to reclaim the throne 1810 02:08:12,720 --> 02:08:14,766 which has been so cruelly denied you. 1811 02:08:17,438 --> 02:08:18,221 Come. 1812 02:08:19,735 --> 02:08:21,134 I wish you both a safe journey. 1813 02:08:23,848 --> 02:08:25,236 Godspeed! 1814 02:09:04,587 --> 02:09:05,516 Citizen! 1815 02:09:05,547 --> 02:09:08,626 Take half you men and go on ahead. Signal if all is well. 1816 02:09:08,658 --> 02:09:09,461 Yes, Citizen. 1817 02:09:10,808 --> 02:09:12,614 You men, follow me. 1818 02:09:26,205 --> 02:09:27,770 Two birds with one stone. 1819 02:09:28,626 --> 02:09:31,653 The Dauphin and the Scarlet Pimpernel. 1820 02:09:32,207 --> 02:09:34,837 My seat on the Committee of National Security is assured. 1821 02:09:35,630 --> 02:09:39,451 Thanks to your primitive sense of nobless oblige. 1822 02:09:39,545 --> 02:09:44,524 Primitive? My dear Chauvelin. I shall take it any day 1823 02:09:44,555 --> 02:09:46,319 over your new order. 1824 02:09:53,511 --> 02:09:56,403 A signal from the fortress, Citizen. All's clear. 1825 02:09:56,434 --> 02:09:57,843 Thank you, corporal. 1826 02:09:57,885 --> 02:10:00,463 You and your men remain here. Make sure that nobody leaves 1827 02:10:00,495 --> 02:10:01,580 the island without me. 1828 02:10:01,612 --> 02:10:05,004 If I'm not back within the hour. Come in and fetch me. 1829 02:10:05,046 --> 02:10:05,923 Yes, Citizen. 1830 02:10:05,954 --> 02:10:06,800 Onward, driver! 1831 02:10:37,864 --> 02:10:40,641 Gone? What do you mean, they've gone? 1832 02:10:40,672 --> 02:10:44,681 That's just it, sir, the boy, the Scarlet Pimpernel's men, all flown. 1833 02:10:45,088 --> 02:10:47,384 This man says he may have overheard what was happening. 1834 02:10:47,426 --> 02:10:49,952 Then where have they gone? Speak up. 1835 02:10:49,994 --> 02:10:53,720 To take the boy across the southern frontier into Spain, 1836 02:10:53,752 --> 02:10:56,768 and thence to England. England. 1837 02:10:57,697 --> 02:10:58,804 Just as I thought. 1838 02:11:00,088 --> 02:11:01,382 This is your doing. 1839 02:11:02,102 --> 02:11:04,086 Take this spy into the courtyard and execute 1840 02:11:04,117 --> 02:11:04,889 him at once. 1841 02:11:04,921 --> 02:11:05,745 No! 1842 02:11:07,290 --> 02:11:09,420 I have only one last request, Chauvelin. 1843 02:11:09,461 --> 02:11:10,756 Yes. 1844 02:11:10,787 --> 02:11:12,113 Spare my wife. 1845 02:11:12,906 --> 02:11:15,150 Allow her to go free. 1846 02:11:16,445 --> 02:11:19,942 Oh, she will be free, but only after you are dead. 1847 02:11:22,134 --> 02:11:23,084 Take him away. 1848 02:11:23,115 --> 02:11:24,023 No please! 1849 02:11:24,837 --> 02:11:26,852 Let me die with you. 1850 02:11:27,697 --> 02:11:31,987 My darling. What I am about to do is for the best. 1851 02:11:32,770 --> 02:11:33,783 Trust me. 1852 02:11:34,441 --> 02:11:35,557 This one last time. 1853 02:11:36,486 --> 02:11:37,781 Without question. 1854 02:11:43,908 --> 02:11:47,384 I shall be back, my dear Chauvelin. I shall return 1855 02:11:47,426 --> 02:11:49,315 to haunt you. 1856 02:11:49,357 --> 02:11:52,697 Detail, left turn. Forward! 1857 02:12:13,856 --> 02:12:18,585 [The sound of wind blowing] 1858 02:12:29,420 --> 02:12:31,288 Detail...halt! 1859 02:12:31,330 --> 02:12:33,157 Face front. 1860 02:12:49,764 --> 02:12:50,798 Ready. 1861 02:13:03,230 --> 02:13:04,263 Aim! 1862 02:13:12,301 --> 02:13:14,127 Fire, damn you, fire. 1863 02:13:15,307 --> 02:13:18,094 Fire! [Gunshot volley] Percy! 1864 02:13:28,073 --> 02:13:28,846 Captain. 1865 02:13:28,877 --> 02:13:29,618 Sir. 1866 02:13:30,662 --> 02:13:33,104 Take these two prisoners back to their coach. 1867 02:13:33,136 --> 02:13:33,898 Yes, sir. 1868 02:13:33,940 --> 02:13:37,499 They will be returned to Paris. There to be tried and executed 1869 02:13:37,541 --> 02:13:38,407 for treason. 1870 02:13:39,357 --> 02:13:41,967 I'm...not afraid to die, Chauvelin. 1871 02:13:42,228 --> 02:13:45,474 But you gave your word that Marguerite would go free. 1872 02:13:47,436 --> 02:13:50,077 But an oath to a scoundrel is meaningless. 1873 02:13:53,042 --> 02:13:56,121 Sink me, I couldn't agree more. 1874 02:14:00,119 --> 02:14:03,783 No, no, no, my dear Chauvelin. Never fear. You are not looking 1875 02:14:03,814 --> 02:14:05,422 upon a ghost. 1876 02:14:05,464 --> 02:14:09,138 But allow me to introduce your soldiers: 1877 02:14:11,873 --> 02:14:13,470 Lord Anthony Dewhurst, 1878 02:14:14,587 --> 02:14:16,946 Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, 1879 02:14:17,228 --> 02:14:19,211 Lord Timothy Hastings, 1880 02:14:20,046 --> 02:14:26,445 and the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. 1881 02:14:29,013 --> 02:14:32,572 Something tells me, that you're wondering what happened 1882 02:14:32,603 --> 02:14:34,691 to the men you sent on ahead. 1883 02:14:34,733 --> 02:14:35,975 Hmm? 1884 02:14:38,626 --> 02:14:41,873 [Door opens] 1885 02:14:44,013 --> 02:14:47,708 Voila. [Muffled sounds] 1886 02:14:48,146 --> 02:14:49,451 [Door closes] 1887 02:14:49,493 --> 02:14:51,862 I'm surprised, my dear Chauvelin, that you didn't 1888 02:14:51,894 --> 02:14:53,699 notice their ill-fitting uniforms. 1889 02:14:54,347 --> 02:14:59,858 But then fashion never was your forte...Was it? 1890 02:15:00,944 --> 02:15:03,814 But why this charade, this mock execution? 1891 02:15:03,846 --> 02:15:07,019 My dear chap, I never would of dreamt of depriving you 1892 02:15:07,050 --> 02:15:08,386 of your moment of triumph. 1893 02:15:08,606 --> 02:15:11,591 Alas, a moment was all I could spare. 1894 02:15:12,196 --> 02:15:14,534 - My congratulations to you, Sir Percy. 1895 02:15:14,535 --> 02:15:18,251 As always everything planned down to the last detail. 1896 02:15:21,205 --> 02:15:25,599 Only this time, you have overlooked one little thing. 1897 02:15:26,539 --> 02:15:31,340 There is no way off this island except back over the causeway. 1898 02:15:31,768 --> 02:15:34,054 And if you care to look out of that window, 1899 02:15:34,702 --> 02:15:38,261 you will see my men, my own men, standing guard. 1900 02:15:38,292 --> 02:15:39,284 Sink me. 1901 02:15:39,879 --> 02:15:41,706 So they are. 1902 02:15:43,626 --> 02:15:46,487 But then, if you would care to look out of that window, 1903 02:15:46,528 --> 02:15:49,775 you would see me yacht, the Daydream, waiting just 1904 02:15:49,816 --> 02:15:53,272 offshore to take Lady Blakeney, Armand and 1905 02:15:53,313 --> 02:15:56,685 my men safely back to England. 1906 02:16:04,013 --> 02:16:05,912 My hat is off to you, Sir Percy. 1907 02:16:08,585 --> 02:16:09,764 You've done it again. 1908 02:16:13,647 --> 02:16:14,629 Percy! 1909 02:16:21,560 --> 02:16:25,338 A gentleman...Always... Removes his coat! 1910 02:16:28,209 --> 02:16:29,284 Stand away! 1911 02:16:32,384 --> 02:16:37,186 This pleasure... Is all mine. 1912 02:17:16,184 --> 02:17:17,280 [Clink] 1913 02:17:18,052 --> 02:17:19,503 [Crash] 1914 02:17:32,572 --> 02:17:33,334 Huh. 1915 02:17:38,647 --> 02:17:39,284 Huh. 1916 02:17:39,973 --> 02:17:40,516 Huh. 1917 02:17:46,779 --> 02:17:47,405 Ugh. 1918 02:18:02,457 --> 02:18:03,178 Oh!. 1919 02:18:09,984 --> 02:18:12,698 [Breathing heavily] 1920 02:18:21,424 --> 02:18:22,290 Uhh. 1921 02:18:22,718 --> 02:18:23,428 Ugh! 1922 02:18:25,015 --> 02:18:29,295 Well, finish it off, man, or do you lack the courage? 1923 02:18:29,336 --> 02:18:30,704 [Breathing heavily] I always like to give a man 1924 02:18:30,735 --> 02:18:33,052 a sporting chance. 1925 02:18:33,094 --> 02:18:38,334 Oh, the English, and their stupid sense of fair play. 1926 02:18:38,376 --> 02:18:40,829 Exactly so! My dear Chauvelin. 1927 02:18:40,860 --> 02:18:43,240 [Gasp] Which is why I think, 1928 02:18:43,282 --> 02:18:46,821 in your case, fair play... To leave your fate... 1929 02:18:46,862 --> 02:18:50,370 in the hands of Robespierre and his Committee. 1930 02:18:51,205 --> 02:18:52,865 Take him away, 1931 02:18:52,906 --> 02:18:54,524 and strip him. 1932 02:18:55,464 --> 02:18:58,261 I shall need to style his garments to persuade the 1933 02:18:58,303 --> 02:19:02,572 guard at the causeway that I am Citizen Chauvelin, lui meme. 1934 02:19:02,604 --> 02:19:04,503 You're not going away. I won't let you. 1935 02:19:04,545 --> 02:19:06,591 My darling, I must. I promised Armand that I would 1936 02:19:06,615 --> 02:19:08,620 bring Louise safely back to England. 1937 02:19:08,644 --> 02:19:11,661 Not this time. I will pose as Chauvelin, 1938 02:19:11,685 --> 02:19:13,606 and go to Paris in your place. 1939 02:19:14,159 --> 02:19:15,408 Perhaps in this small way 1940 02:19:15,432 --> 02:19:17,533 I may atone for my mistakes. 1941 02:19:17,557 --> 02:19:19,958 No, neither of you are going. It's too dangerous. 1942 02:19:20,167 --> 02:19:21,681 Percy, you mustn't let him do it. 1943 02:19:21,722 --> 02:19:22,526 - Sir. 1944 02:19:23,643 --> 02:19:24,864 Your wardrobe. 1945 02:19:24,906 --> 02:19:25,929 Aha. 1946 02:19:28,497 --> 02:19:32,641 I will confess. This is one role that I was loathe to play. 1947 02:19:33,361 --> 02:19:35,866 The honor, my dear Armand, is all yours. 1948 02:19:36,524 --> 02:19:37,745 Godspeed, my friend. 1949 02:19:58,518 --> 02:19:59,948 [Muffled] To Paris, corporal, 1950 02:19:59,990 --> 02:20:00,971 as quickly as possible. 1951 02:20:01,013 --> 02:20:02,443 Very good, Citizen Chauvelin. 1952 02:20:05,358 --> 02:20:06,662 - He's safely away, Percy. 1953 02:20:06,925 --> 02:20:08,501 Then prepare to board the Daydream. 1954 02:20:09,691 --> 02:20:12,123 We sail...for England. 1955 02:20:17,116 --> 02:20:19,643 They seek him here, they seek him there, 1956 02:20:20,320 --> 02:20:22,771 those frenchies seek him everywhere. 1957 02:20:23,212 --> 02:20:24,840 Is he in heaven? 1958 02:20:24,882 --> 02:20:26,769 Or is he in hell? 1959 02:20:28,003 --> 02:20:31,740 My own, elusive, Pimpernel. 1960 02:20:33,382 --> 02:20:37,965 Sink me, the lady's a poet.