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"Oh, I know the hamlet; it consists of five or six houses, does it not?" "Exactly. Well, I inhabit the first, two net-makers occupy it with me; it is their bark which brought me ashore." "But your own vessel, monsieur?" "My vessel is at anchor, a quarter of a mile at sea, and waits for me." "You do not think, however, of setting out immediately?"
"See how easy is your position: you have but to remain quiescent in room No. 6, and if any chance of escape be offered you ere the Scarlet Pimpernel is captured, you need but to think of all the families of Boulogne, who would be deprived of their breadwinner fathers and sons mostly, but there are girls too, who support their mothers or sisters; the fish curers of Boulogne are mostly women, and there are the net-makers and the seamstresses, all would suffer if your ladyship were no longer to be found in No. 6 room of this ancient fort, whilst all would be included in the amnesty if the Scarlet Pimpernel fell into our hands..."
"Oh, I know the hamlet; it consists of five or six houses, does it not?" "Exactly. Well, I inhabit the first, two net-makers occupy it with me; it is their bark which brought me ashore." "But your own vessel, monsieur?" "My vessel is at anchor, a quarter of a mile at sea, and waits for me." "You do not think, however, of setting out immediately?"
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