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Lord Grenville's The Scarlet Pimpernel

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In chapter 9, Anthony and Andrew, apprentices of the Scarlet Pimpernel, are reading a note sent to them by the Scarlet Pimpernel on what their next move should be in saving the Comte de Tournay. As they are doing so, Chauvelin’s men come into the Fisherman's Rest and abduct the two men and the note. When Chauvelin reads the note, He finds that it is written by Marguerite's brother, Armand, who has recently joined the French Republic. He now can use this note against Marguerite as blackmail so that she may help him discover this Scarlet Pimpernel. When Chavelin sees Marguerite at the opera, He approaches her and threatens that if she does not help him find the menacing Pimpernel at the upcoming ball at Lord Grenville’s, then he will have her

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