# El Dorado — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for El Dorado by Baroness Orczy.

- [El Dorado](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/el-dorado.md): The chapter opens with a vivid description of the Parisian mob's fervent patriotism and their obsession with the 'El Dorado' of liberty and equality. The narrative shifts to the Committee of Public Safety, where Chauveli
- [In the Théâtre National](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-i-in-the-th-tre-national.md): On the evening of January 16, 1794, the Théâtre National is packed for a revival of Molière's Le Misanthrope. The chapter contrasts the city's pursuit of pleasure with the ever-present terror of the guillotine. In a dark
- [Widely Divergent Aims](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-ii-widely-divergent-aims.md): Armand St. Just returns to Paris after fifteen months abroad, finding the city transformed by the Terror. He encounters the Baron de Batz, who argues that the Scarlet Pimpernel's rescue efforts only prolong the revolutio
- [The Demon Chance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-iii-the-demon-chance.md): Armand St. Just finds himself trapped in a theater box with the manipulative Royalist de Batz, who tries to convince him that the Revolution's horrors are a necessary evil. As Armand prepares to leave, he is captivated b
- [IV: Mademoiselle Lange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-iv-mademoiselle-lange.md): Armand St. Just and de Batz visit the actress Jeanne Lange at her lodgings. Jeanne expresses admiration for the Scarlet Pimpernel and presses Armand for details about him, but he remains discreet. She reveals her emotion

> 45 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=el_dorado_se_1232kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Temple Prison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-v-the-temple-prison.md)
- [VI: The Committee's Agent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-vi-the-committee-s-agent.md)
- [The Most Precious Life in Europe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-vii-the-most-precious-life-in-europe.md)
- [Arcades Ambo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-viii-arcades-ambo.md)
- [What Love Can Do](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-ix-what-love-can-do.md)
- [X: Shadows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-x-shadows.md)
- [The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xi-the-league-of-the-scarlet-pimpernel.md)
- [XII: What Love Is](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xii-what-love-is.md)
- [Then Everything Was Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xiii-then-everything-was-dark.md)
- [XIV: The Chief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xiv-the-chief.md)
- [The Gate of La Villette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xv-the-gate-of-la-villette.md)
- [The Weary Search](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xvi-the-weary-search.md)
- [Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xvii-chauvelin.md)
- [The Removal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xviii-the-removal.md)
- [It Is About the Dauphin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xix-it-is-about-the-dauphin.md)
- [The Certificate of Safety](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xx-the-certificate-of-safety.md)
- [Back to Paris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xxi-back-to-paris.md)
- [XXII: Of That There Could Be No Question](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xxii-of-that-there-could-be-no-question.md)
- [The Overwhelming Odds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-i-xxiii-the-overwhelming-odds.md)
- [The News](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiv-the-news.md)
- [XXV: Paris Once More](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxv-paris-once-more.md)
- [The Bitterest Foe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxvi-the-bitterest-foe.md)
- [XXVII: In the Conciergerie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxvii-in-the-conciergerie.md)
- [XXVIII: The Caged Lion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxviii-the-caged-lion.md)
- [XXIX: For the Sake of That Helpless Innocent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxix-for-the-sake-of-that-helpless-innocent.md)
- [XXX: Afterwards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxx-afterwards.md)
- [XXXI: An Interlude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxi-an-interlude.md)
- [Sisters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxii-sisters.md)
- [Little Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiii-little-mother.md)
- [The Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiv-the-letter.md)
- [The Last Phase](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xxxv-the-last-phase.md)
- [Submission](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xxxvi-submission.md)
- [Chauvelin's Advice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xxxvii-chauvelin-s-advice.md)
- [Capitulation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xxxviii-capitulation.md)
- [XXXIX: Kill Him!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xxxix-kill-him.md)
- [God Help Us All](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xl-god-help-us-all.md)
- [XLI: When Hope Was Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xli-when-hope-was-dead.md)
- [The Guardhouse of the Rue Ste. Anne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xlii-the-guardhouse-of-the-rue-ste-anne.md)
- [The Dreary Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xliii-the-dreary-journey.md)
- [The Halt at Crècy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xliv-the-halt-at-cr-cy.md)
- [The Forest of Boulogne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xlv-the-forest-of-boulogne.md)
- [XLVI: Others in the Park](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xlvi-others-in-the-park.md)
- [XLVII: The Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xlvii-the-chapel-of-the-holy-sepulchre.md)
- [XLVIII: The Waning Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xlviii-the-waning-moon.md)
- [The Land of Eldorado](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_dorado_se/chapters/part-iii-xlix-the-land-of-eldorado.md)

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