at the Prince of Wales' supper party the other night we had a `souffle a la Scarlet Pimpernel.'. . ...
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almost loved him. Loved that inane fop! whose thoughts seemed unable to soar beyond the tying of a ...
Rest": one, an oldish man, with a curious fringe of grey hairs round a rotund and massive chin, and...
through billowy frills of finest Mechline lace: the extravagantly short-waisted satin coat, wide-la...
sternly, as she placed a restraining hand upon her daughter's arm. She had spoken in English, so th...
and bloodthirsty tribunal of the Revolution, within the very walls of Paris itself, and had snatche...
have done since the world began. "But, I say, supper!" here broke in Lord Antony's jovial voice, "...
worsted stockings and smart buckled shoes, that characterised every self-respecting innkeeper in Gr...
time before he could continue. "`After them, my men,' shouts the captain," he said after a while, ...
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL BY BARONESS ORCZY Contents I. PARIS: SEPTEMBER, 1792 II. DOVER: "THE F...
To which obvious fact the stranger heartily assented. It was certainly a preposterous suggestion th...