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Quotation from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
“The rest is silence!—silence and joy for those who had endured so much suffering, yet found at last a great and lasting happiness.”
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ch. XXXI (Project Gutenberg text)
The close of the story, after the fugitives and the Blakeneys reach England, echoing Hamlet's last words.
Citation: "The rest is silence!—silence and joy for those who had endured so much suffering, yet found at last a great and lasting happiness." — Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ch. XXXI (Project Gutenberg text). (id the-scarlet-pimpernel-q8)
Portrait: Thescarletpimpernel1908, Baroness Emma Orczy, Public domain.
