Moreover, whereas the French plotter is said to have had confederates even in the Assembly of the Convention, confederates who were sufficiently influential and powerful to secure his own immunity, the Englishman when he was bent on his errands of mercy had the whole of France against him.
The Baron de Batz was a man who never justified either his own ambitions or even his existence; the Scarlet Pimpernel was a personality of whom an entire nation might justly be proud.
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. IN THE THEATRE NATIONAL ]
[ CHAPTER II. WIDELY DIVERGENT AIMS ]
[ CHAPTER III. THE DEMON CHANCE ]
[ CHAPTER IV. MADEMOISELLE LANGE ]
[ CHAPTER V. THE TEMPLE PRISON ]
[ CHAPTER VI. THE COMMITTEE’S AGENT ]
[ CHAPTER VII. THE MOST PRECIOUS LIFE IN EUROPE ]
[ CHAPTER VIII. ARCADES AMBO ]
[ CHAPTER IX. WHAT LOVE CAN DO ]
[ CHAPTER XI. THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. THEN EVERYTHING WAS DARK ]
[ CHAPTER XV. THE GATE OF LA VILLETTE ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. THE WEARY SEARCH ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII. THE REMOVAL ]
[ CHAPTER XIX. IT IS ABOUT THE DAUPHIN ]
[ CHAPTER XX. THE CERTIFICATE OF SAFETY ]
[ CHAPTER XXI. BACK TO PARIS ]
[ CHAPTER XXII. OF THAT THERE COULD BE NO QUESTION ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII. THE OVERWHELMING ODDS ]
[ CHAPTER XXV. PARIS ONCE MORE ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI. THE BITTEREST FOE ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII. IN THE CONCIERGERIE ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CAGED LION ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX. FOR THE SAKE OF THAT HELPLESS INNOCENT ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI. AN INTERLUDE ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. LITTLE MOTHER ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV. THE LAST PHASE ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. CHAUVELIN’S ADVICE ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. CAPITULATION ]
[ CHAPTER XL. GOD HELP US ALL ]
[ CHAPTER XLI. WHEN HOPE WAS DEAD ]
[ CHAPTER XLII. THE GUARD-HOUSE OF THE RUE STE. ANNE ]
[ CHAPTER XLIII. THE DREARY JOURNEY ]
[ CHAPTER XLIV. THE HALT AT CRECY ]
[ CHAPTER XLV. THE FOREST OF BOULOGNE ]
[ CHAPTER XLVI. OTHERS IN THE PARK ]
[ CHAPTER XLVII. THE CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE ]