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.

             after the cart, and Bibot found out later that the general was the "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and his "army" was a group.

             of escaping aristos.

             Chapter 2.

             Dover : The Fisherman"s Rest.

             This Chapter takes place in The Fisherman"s Rest, an inn owned and operated by Mr. Jellyband and his daughter.

             Sally. In this chapter, a group of fishermen who are staying at the Rest talk about what is going on in France.

             Chapter 3 .

             The Refugees.

             Chapter Two is continued in this Chapter. In it, it is discussed how Marie Antoinette"s friend was killed and how.

             many people"s only sin are their aristrocated names. Although Burke was trying to get the British government to fight.

             the revolutionary government of France, Mr. Pitt did not feel that their country was fit enough to engage in another.

             war.