Jax Reads: The Scarlet Pimpernel - Chapter 23: Hope
After urging Marguerite to be wary of possible spies, Ffoulkes confides in her something he did not want to share in Brogard’s presence: that he spotted Chauvelin on the Dover beach five minutes before he and Marguerite departed. He fears, then, that they do not enjoy a great advantage over their foe, for he may even now be in France. Marguerite’s anxiety returns as she contemplates the danger in which this turn of events places Sir Percy, since Chauvelin, in his raid on The Fisherman’s Rest in Dover, obtained the secret plans for this expedition of the Pimpernel’s men. Marguerite believes they have an hour, perhaps, at most, to warn Sir Percy. Ffoulkes instead urges Marguerite to take heart in Sir Percy’s bravery and resourcefulness, and the fact that he does not break his vows. She is shocked to realize that, for a moment, she has forgotten Armand and the Comte de Tournay in her anxiety for her husband. She vows she will not dissuade him from doing his duty. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/sparabel