"The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Baroness Orczy. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Table of Contents
I. A QUESTION OF PASSPORTS
II. SIR PERCY EXPLAINS
III. TWO GOOD PATRIOTS
IV. THE OLD SCARECROW
V. A FINE BIT OF WORK
VII. OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH
VIII. THE TRAITOR
IX. THE CABARET DE LA LIBERTÉ
X. "NEEDS MUST—"
XI. A BATTLE OF WITS
THE END
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Baroness Orczy
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Loud protest on the part of the hilarious crowd followed, then a slight scuffle with the bayonets of the Town Guard. Finally the spokesman, somewhat sobered, once more appealed to Bibot.
"Citizen Bibot! you must be blind not to know me and my mates! And let me tell you that you are doing yourself a deal of harm by interfering with the citizens of the Republic in the proper discharge of their duties, and by disregarding their rights of egress through this gate, a right confirmed by passports signed by two members of the Committee of Public Safety."
