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Quotation from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

“we are a nation of sportsmen, you know, and just now it is the fashion to pull the hare from between the teeth of the hound.”

Baroness Orczy (spoken by Lord Antony Dewhurst)

The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ch. IV (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of Baroness Orczy

At the Fisherman's Rest, Lord Antony answers the Comtesse's question why the League risks so much for French strangers.

Citation: "we are a nation of sportsmen, you know, and just now it is the fashion to pull the hare from between the teeth of the hound." — Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ch. IV (Project Gutenberg text). (id the-scarlet-pimpernel-q2)

Portrait: Thescarletpimpernel1908, Baroness Emma Orczy, Public domain.

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