The Scarlet Pimpernel

A detailed Summary of The Scarlet Pimpernel


In Chapter One, the aristocrats, traitors to France, were trying to get through the Barricades so they would no longer

have to be slaves of the king. Many, though, would get caught, go to trial, and be sent to the guilliotine. In order to

aviod this awful fate, they would try to disguise themselves to get through. Men dressed as women, children as

beggars, etc. Sergeant Bibot, who protected the West Gate Barricade, would catch almost everyone. At one point,

though, so many people had escaped that they had to double the guards at each gate. They were in charge of finding a

man called "The Scarlet Pimpernel". He and a group of Englishmen were responsible for the growing number of

escaping aristocrats. At the end of the chapter, the Sergeant lets a lady with a cart through the gates after she tells

him that her cart carries her grandson, who was ill of the plague or smallpox, they weren't quite sure.. Bibot was

approached soon after by a general and a small band of his men who were searching for The Scarlet Pimpernel, who

told Bibot that he had just let the infamous man go through the gates. The general and his men raced out of the gates


When Desgas arrived, they had no idea of the whereabouts as well as no sight of the Scarlet Pimpernel. However,

At the ball, Chauvelin very secretly tries to discover all he can from the Prince of Whales about who The Scarlet

that he found a note saying he was under The Scarlet Pimpernel. Chauvelin told Marguerite the only way her brother



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