# XLIV explained — Pimpernel and Rosemary

> Chapter companion for Pimpernel and Rosemary by Baroness Orczy.

## What happens

Rosemary waits in a bare room after her meeting with Major Buriecha, feeling a mix of joy and dread. She reflects on the escape of Philip and Anna, orchestrated by Peter, and the roles of Elza and Maurus. She avoids thinking about Peter, aware of her loyalty to Jasper, and plans to cross the frontier with Maurus.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Sacrifice

Rosemary's joy at the escape of Philip and Anna, and her own sacrifice in staying with Jasper, highlight the theme.

### Deception and Betrayal

Peter's secret plans to circumvent Jasper's spying, and Rosemary's exclusion from the truth, underscore the theme.

## Character check-ins

### Rosemary Fowkes

Waits in the château, reflects on the escape, and plans her own journey.

### Peter Blakeney

Orchestrated the escape of Philip and Anna; Rosemary avoids thinking of him.

### Philip Imrey

Escaping with Anna across the frontier; Rosemary hopes for their safety.

### Anna Heves

Escaping with Philip; Rosemary thinks of her as a child learning love.

### Elza Imrey

Waiting for Philip and Anna at Hódmezö; patient and heroic.

### Maurus Imrey

Composed when told to leave Kis-Imre; Rosemary hopes to travel with him.

## Key lines

> For over half an hour Rosemary waited in that bare, cheerless room, and gazed unseeing out of the window while she tried vainly to coordinate her thoughts.

Rosemary sat alone in a stark room for more than thirty minutes, staring blankly outside as she struggled to organize her mind.

_Highlights Rosemary's emotional turmoil and isolation._

> She would not allow herself to think of Peter⁠—only of Philip and Anna, whom he was taking across the frontier by another clever trick⁠—in disguise, probably⁠—and over the mountain passes.

She deliberately avoided thoughts of Peter, focusing instead on Philip and Anna, who were being smuggled across the border through a clever ruse, likely in disguise and via mountain trails.

_Reveals Rosemary's internal conflict and her admiration for Peter's plan._

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