The Elusive Pimpernel

The Elusive Pimpernel Synopsis

Excerpt from The Elusive Pimpernel: A Romance

A goddess! An idol! A toy! Since even the man eating tiger must play sometimes.

Paris wanted a new religion, and a new toy, and grave men, ardent patriots, bmed enthusiasts, sat in the Assembly of the Convention and seriously discussed the means of providing her with both these things which she asked for.

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