Percy Blakeney Quotes

Glenn Van Dekken once said, “Loyalty is what makes us trust. Trust is what makes us stay. Staying is what makes us love, and love is what gives us hope.” Two of the most important characters in the adventurous book are Sir Percy Blakeney and Marguerite Blakeney. Sir Percy is a lazy, wealthy man who uses multiple disguises to help save French aristocrats from being beheaded. Marguerite, Sir Percy’s beautiful wife, is not told about this secret role her husband plays. The role is known as The Scarlet Pimpernel (SP), a mysterious figure who puts his life in danger in order to save others. Later on in the novel, Marguerite finally realizes that this heroic figure is her own husband and faces multiple conflicts. Marguerite is torn between her loyalty to the SP and …show more content…
His main goal is to capture the SP and have him beheaded. He met Marguerite while she was walking back to the tavern and asked her to help find him. When he first asks she says, “Whoever the man may be, he is brave and noble, and never would I lend a hand to such villiany.” (Orczy 69). At first, she refuses to help him. He was so desperate for the identity that he began to blackmail Marguerite into helping him. “Find out who he is, and I will pledge the word of France that your brother shall be safe.” (Orczy 89). She was having to choose between the life of her brother, and the life of a brilliant hero. After hours debating between the two, she finally decided to save Armand, risking the life of the Scarlet Pimpernel. After Marguerite had discovered the identity of the SP, she realized she had to try to save Percy despite the risk. Even though she had originally decided to save Armand, “Percy, the husband whom she loved with all the ardour which her admiration for his bravery had kindled, was in immediate, deadly peril, through her hand.” (Orczy 162). If she could only save one, she would end up saving Percy, leaving Armand to his