Nay! as you remember, I told you that I was not so drunk as you thought ?...

Aye! the letter is writ in English verse, Monsieur, and it reads thus: "We seek him here! we seek him there! Those Frenchies seek him everywhere! Is he in heaven?
is he in hell?
That demmed elusive Pimpernel?
"A neat rhyme, I fancy, Monsieur, and one which will, if rightly translated, greatly please your friend and ruler, Citizen Robespierre....

Your colleague Citizen Collot is well on his way to Paris with it by now.

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No, no, Monsieur...