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CHAUVELIN.
Chauvelin! The presence of this man here at this moment made the events of the past few days seem more absolutely like a dream.

Chauvelin!--the most deadly enemy he, Armand, and his sister Marguerite had in the world.

Chauvelin!--the evil genius that presided over the Secret Service of the Republic.

Chauvelin--the aristocrat turned revolutionary, the diplomat turned spy, the baffled enemy of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
He stood there vaguely outlined in the gloom by the feeble rays of an oil lamp fixed into the wall just above.