 Back in Paris, Robespierre meets with Chauvelin, the republic's new ambassador to Britain, to discuss the problem of the Scarlet Pimpernel.Summoning the Count de Tournay, they offer him his life in return for information from his English contacts as to the Pimpernel's true identity.The Scarlet Pimpernel is Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English baronet and friend of the Prince of Wales.