# VII: Premonition explained — The Elusive Pimpernel

> Chapter companion for The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.

## What happens

Marguerite encounters Chauvelin, who appears humbled and seeks her forgiveness. Despite her instinctive hatred and distrust, she struggles with the decision to forgive him. The chapter explores her internal conflict and culminates with the arrival of the Prince of Wales and Sir Percy Blakeney.

## Themes in this chapter

### Revenge and Hatred

Marguerite grapples with her intense hatred for Chauvelin, recognizing it as an emotion she despises.

### Deception and Disguise

Chauvelin's humble demeanor may be a disguise, as Marguerite's instinct warns her of his true intentions.

## Character check-ins

### Marguerite Blakeney

Struggles with her instinctive hatred and distrust of Chauvelin, ultimately deciding to dismiss him from her life.

### Citizen Chauvelin

Appears humbled and defeated, seeking Marguerite's forgiveness and pardon.

### Désirée Candeille

Present as a chaperone, appears distressed and puzzled, suspected by Marguerite of being in league with Chauvelin.

### Sir Percy Blakeney

Arrives with the Prince of Wales, interrupting Marguerite's confrontation with Chauvelin.

### Prince of Wales

Enters the tent with Sir Percy Blakeney, commenting on the oppressive atmosphere.

## Key lines

> She felt two pairs of eyes fixed upon her, and with all the strength of will at her command she forced the very blood in her veins not to quit her cheeks, forced her eyelids not to betray by a single quiver the icy pang of a deadly premonition which at sight of Chauvelin seemed to have chilled her entire soul.

Marguerite felt watched by two people and used all her willpower to keep from showing the cold dread that seized her when she saw Chauvelin.

_Describes Marguerite's intense emotional control upon seeing Chauvelin._

> Nay! That instinct, which caused her to draw away from Chauvelin, as she would from a venomous asp, was certainly not fear. It was hate!

Her instinct to recoil from Chauvelin was not fear but hatred.

_Marguerite identifies her true feeling toward Chauvelin as hatred._

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