Jax Reads: The Scarlet Pimpernel Chapter 29: Trapped
Bound and gagged (as is the Jew), Marguerite is carried to just outside Blanchard’s hut. Chauvelin threatens her, before he removes the handkerchief from her mouth, that any cry from her intended to warn the Scarlet Pimpernel will instead serve as the signal for Chauvelin’s men to immediately kill her brother, Armand, who waits inside the hut, with the Comte de Tournay and two others, for the Pimpernel’s arrival. He promises that, if she remains silent, Armand will be safe. He removes the gag, and a frightened Marguerite remains silent and still, her thoughts racing. The early morning hours pass; abruptly, she hears a “strong, cheerful voice” singing “God Save the King.” Sir Percy, the Scarlet Pimpernel, is at hand. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/sparabel