El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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Emma Orczy. El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
PART I
CHAPTER I. IN THE THEATRE NATIONAL
CHAPTER II. WIDELY DIVERGENT AIMS
CHAPTER III. THE DEMON CHANCE
CHAPTER IV. MADEMOISELLE LANGE
CHAPTER V. THE TEMPLE PRISON
CHAPTER VI. THE COMMITTEE’S AGENT
CHAPTER VII. THE MOST PRECIOUS LIFE IN EUROPE
CHAPTER VIII. ARCADES AMBO
CHAPTER IX. WHAT LOVE CAN DO
CHAPTER X. SHADOWS
CHAPTER XI. THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
CHAPTER XII. WHAT LOVE IS
CHAPTER XIII. THEN EVERYTHING WAS DARK
CHAPTER XIV. THE CHIEF
CHAPTER XV. THE GATE OF LA VILLETTE
CHAPTER XVI. THE WEARY SEARCH
CHAPTER XVII. CHAUVELIN
CHAPTER XVIII. THE REMOVAL
CHAPTER XIX. IT IS ABOUT THE DAUPHIN
CHAPTER XX. THE CERTIFICATE OF SAFETY
CHAPTER XXI. BACK TO PARIS
CHAPTER XXII. OF THAT THERE COULD BE NO QUESTION
CHAPTER XXIII. THE OVERWHELMING ODDS
PART II
CHAPTER XXIV. THE NEWS
CHAPTER XXV. PARIS ONCE MORE
CHAPTER XXVI. THE BITTEREST FOE
CHAPTER XXVII. IN THE CONCIERGERIE
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CAGED LION
CHAPTER XXIX. FOR THE SAKE OF THAT HELPLESS INNOCENT
CHAPTER XXX. AFTERWARDS
CHAPTER XXXI. AN INTERLUDE
CHAPTER XXXII. SISTERS
CHAPTER XXXIII. LITTLE MOTHER
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE LETTER
PART III
CHAPTER XXXV. THE LAST PHASE
CHAPTER XXXVI. SUBMISSION
CHAPTER XXXVII. CHAUVELIN’S ADVICE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CAPITULATION
CHAPTER XXXIX. KILL HIM!
CHAPTER XL. GOD HELP US ALL
CHAPTER XLI. WHEN HOPE WAS DEAD
CHAPTER XLII. THE GUARD-HOUSE OF THE RUE STE. ANNE
CHAPTER XLIII. THE DREARY JOURNEY
CHAPTER XLIV. THE HALT AT CRECY
CHAPTER XLV. THE FOREST OF BOULOGNE
CHAPTER XLVI. OTHERS IN THE PARK
CHAPTER XLVII. THE CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE WANING MOON
CHAPTER XLIX. THE LAND OF ELDORADO
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And yet people found the opportunity to amuse themselves, to dance and to go to the theatre, to enjoy music and open-air cafes and promenades in the Palais Royal.
New fashions in dress made their appearance, milliners produced fresh “creations,” and jewellers were not idle. A grim sense of humour, born of the very intensity of ever-present danger, had dubbed the cut of certain tunics “tete tranche,” or a favourite ragout was called “a la guillotine.”
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Obviously, he was ready with a retort. His young friend’s attitude irritated even more than it amused him. But he said nothing for the moment, waiting while the traditional three knocks on the floor of the stage proclaimed the rise of the curtain. The growing impatience of the audience subsided as if by magic at the welcome call; everybody settled down again comfortably in their seats, they gave up the contemplation of the fathers of the people, and turned their full attention to the actors on the boards.
“I have been prudent,” retorted de Batz. “I have taken the trouble to make friends there where I thought I needed them most—the mammon of unrighteousness, you know-what?”
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