Jax Reads: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Chapter 25: The Eagle and the Fox

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Marguerite must stifle the impulse to call out a warning to Sir Percy as he sits at the table with Chauvelin—whom Sir Percy recognizes straightaway, despite the latter’s clerical disguise—calmly taking his supper. She watches the two men, each apparently aware of the other’s significance, taking stock of each other through their superficially polite conversation. Chauvelin keeps furtively checking his watch, waiting for Desgas’ arrival with reinforcements—but not so furtively that Sir Percy does not take note. Marguerite thinks she hears Desgas’ men about three minutes distant. Meanwhile, apparently relaxing, Sir Percy offers Chauvelin a pinch from his own snuff box. Chauvelin carelessly takes the “snuff,” which turns out to be, in fact, pepper. While his adversary is occupied with his violent sneezes, Sir Percy leaves the room -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/sparabel







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