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Originally Posted by issybird
[...] This time around, I paid particular attention to see if Orczy played fair with us in regard to Sir Percy's double identity. She mostly did, with a glaring exception early on when we were privy to Armand's thoughts at a time when he would have known who the Scarlet Pimpernel was; it was when Marguerite and Armand had their conversation about Marguerite's marriage on the clifftop in Dover.
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Orczy at times plays a little bit loose with whose thoughts we get to read.
And yes, the interlocking relationships between Armand, Marguerite and Percy seemed problematic to me. But then so is the idea that a secret like this can be held by 19 noblemen (and I seriously doubt they could have kept the secret from their valets) and some unknown number of crewmen on the DAY DREAM. But I guess that's just getting picky, it's not like it was meant to be taken too seriously.