El Dorado

El Dorado
An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel

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El Dorado by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

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1913

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324

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El Dorado
An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel

By

5
(1 Review)
An impossible but entertaining tale of love and adventure during the French Revolution. The "Scarlet Pimpernel" gay as ever rescues the dauphin from the Temple, is caught in the toils himself and finally rescues his own wife from the Committee of Safety.

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"Yes, my friend," rejoined the other imperturbably, "always Heron. And he has even obtained a longer lease of existence this afternoon."

"By the new decree?"

"Yes. The new decree. The agents of the Committee of General Security, of whom Heron is the chief, have from to-day powers of domiciliary search; they have full powers to proceed against all enemies of public welfare. Isn't that beautifully vague? And they have absolute discretion; every one may become an enemy of public welfare, either by spending too much money or by spending too little, by laughing to-day or crying to-morrow, by mourning for one dead relative or rejoicing over the execution of another. He may be a bad example to the public by the cleanliness of his person or by the filth upon his clothes, he may offend by walking to-day and by riding in a carriage next week; the agents of the Committee of General Security shall alone decide what constitutes enmity against public welfare. All prisons are to be opened at their bi

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