She was beginning to understand.
"Hark!" he said, looking straight at her.

"Do you hear the crier now?
He is proclaiming the punishment and the reward.

He is making it clear to the citizens of Boulogne that on the day when the Scarlet Pimpernel falls into the hands of the Committee of Public Safety a general amnesty will be granted to all natives of Boulogne who are under arrest at the present time, and a free pardon to all those who, born within these city walls, are to-day under sentence of death....

A noble reward, eh?
well-deserved you'll admit....

Should you wonder then if the whole town of Boulogne were engaged just now in finding that mysterious hero, and delivering him into our hands ?...