# II explained — Pimpernel and Rosemary

> Chapter companion for Pimpernel and Rosemary by Baroness Orczy.

## What happens

Three days after the execution of Alice Gerbier, M. de Kervoisin meets with the secret agent known as Number Ten in Lille. Number Ten recounts how he tracked and trapped Alice Gerbier, a spy who used British airmen's tunics to smuggle information to the Germans, and describes the thrill of witnessing her execution.

## Themes in this chapter

### Deception and Betrayal

Number Ten's elaborate deception of Alice Gerbier, using a false romance to trap her.

### Journalism and Truth

Indirectly referenced through the spy's clever concealment of information in tunics.

## Character check-ins

### M. de Kervoisin

Meets with Number Ten in Lille, expresses horror at the execution.

### Number Ten

Describes his role in trapping Alice Gerbier and his pleasure in witnessing her execution.

### Alice Gerbier

The executed spy; her method of using airmen's tunics is revealed.

## Key lines

> It is a thrill well worth experiencing.

Number Ten finds watching an execution exhilarating.

_Reflects his cold, ruthless nature._

> She was dangerous because she was so extraordinarily clever.

Number Ten acknowledges Alice Gerbier's intelligence as the source of her threat.

_Highlights the cat-and-mouse game of espionage._

## Links

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