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Quotation from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
“with his worldly inanities, his foppish ways, and foolish talk, he was not only wearing a mask, but was playing a deliberate and studied part.”
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ch. XVIII (Project Gutenberg text)
In Percy's orderly study, moments before she finds the ring, Marguerite realises her husband's folly is an act.
Citation: "with his worldly inanities, his foppish ways, and foolish talk, he was not only wearing a mask, but was playing a deliberate and studied part." — Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ch. XVIII (Project Gutenberg text). (id the-scarlet-pimpernel-q7)
Portrait: Thescarletpimpernel1908, Baroness Emma Orczy, Public domain.
