Scarlet Pimpernel In 'The Awakening'

Chapters 1-3

I respect the Scarlet Pimpernel. He is extremely brave, considering the fact that if he was caught he would be killed. Not only would he be killed, all of his followers would also be killed along with him. He was an Englishman trying to help out the aristocrats so they would not be sent to the guillotine. France is doing their best to kill off the aristocrats and using Sergeant Bibot guarding the west gate, not one aristocrat has gotten through the west gate. The Scarlet Pimpernel actually got through the gate by acting like an old hag and when Bibot found out about this he was furious but there was nothing he could do. While all of this was happening, “The Fishermen’s Rest” in England, was a spot for fishermen coming off the sea

“ They have a very short time to talk to each other and wants him to stay longer before he goes to Paris. She tells him she does not feel loved by Sir Percy and does not really feel loved by anyone else. She thinks it is because she sent a family to the guillotine. Armand leaves and she sits on the cliff watching his ship taking him to Paris. After a long while, she starts heading back to “The Fishermen’s Rest”. On her way back she is greeted by a man named Chauvelin, who was a friend of hers in school. He believes that she can help catch the Scarlet Pimpernel. She refuses his offer saying “I will not have anything to do with the downfall of such a wonderful man”. Later that night Percy and Lady Blakeney leave to go somewhere but Lady does not know where and Percy does not speak very often on long trips. Sir Andrew and Lord Antony meet up to talk about the Scarlet Pimpernel. While they were talking, the door busts open and they are taken away by Chauvelin and two other men. Chauvelin takes their papers about the Scarlet PImpernel and is satisfied. My thoughts on that whole kidnapping situation vary between, how did Chauvelin break in and kidnap two grown men and not wake anyone up or disturb anything nearby, and also how did they even know that the two men were going to be talking about the Scarlet Pimpernel that night? Personally I think that Sir Percy might have told Chauvelin something and

They talk for a little while, but Chauvelin keeps looking down at his watch. Sir Percy realizes this and know what is going on when he hears commotion outside the building. Percy invites Chauvelin to the fire and he empties out his snuff box and fills it with pepper. He offered some to Chauvelin and he began to sneeze violently. At this point, Percy runs out the door and down the street to get his horse to take him to another hut. Desgas walks in and brings a Jew that says he knows where Percy is heading to. They take off after PErcy and Lady Blakeney follows beside them in a ditch. Desgas says he did not see Percy but did see smoke coming from the inn. After all the playing dumb Percy did, he is an especially smart man to do all of this. For him to be able to get known around Europe as “the dumbest man in Europe” when he was so smart all along would be extremely hard. He had his wife thinking he was not smart. At that ball that was going on where Chauvelin was getting Lady Blakeney to work for him, Percy was in the room, and Chauvelin thought nothing of it. That night was probably when Sir Percy realized who his enemy was. The reason he made it out of France so many times alive was because of his