I WILL REPAY is the sequel to THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL Written by BARONESS EMMUSKA ORCZY, it was published in 1906 by GREENING AND COMPANY of London. The story starts in 1784, before the French Revolution. Wealthy Paul Déroulède has offended the young Vicomte de Marny by speaking disrespectfully about his latest infatuation, Adèle de Monterchéri. Déroulède had not intended to get into the quarrel but has a tendency to blunder into things -- "no doubt a part of the inheritance bequeathed to him by his bourgeois ancestry." Paul inadvertently kills de Marny during a duel. The story picks up ten years later, and Citizen Déroulède, though no longer rich, is a lawyer popular with the people and is allowed to go his own way. He leads a quiet life, living alone with his mother and his orphaned cousin Anne Mie in the Rue Ecole de Médecine. However, Palu is put on trial during the revolution and the Scarlet Pimpernel is his only hope. The story was adapted for a 1923 silent film, titled SWORDS AND THE WOMAN for it’ American release.