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The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel · Character

Sical

A revolutionary butcher.

minor

Also known as butcher Sical, citizen Sical

First appearance: i the everlasting stars look down like glistening eyes bright with immortal pity over the lot of man

Sical shows up with force in Two Interludes. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The butcher who insists the giant was Rateau, but is contradicted by Langlois.
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Sical first appears in 0000 i the everlasting stars look down like glistening eyes bright with immortal pity over the lot of man.

In Two Interludes: The butcher who insists the giant was Rateau, but is contradicted by Langlois.

Later, in II: Butcher with a bull-neck and one eye, fiercely argues that citizen Rateau was the hero of the fraternal supper.

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CRCitizen RateauCCCitizen Chauve…CLCitizen LangloisMTMother ThéotSPSir Percy Blak…SISical

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Marguerite’s realization that Bertrand Moncrif—a man her husband saved—has betrayed them, combined with her he…

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See Sical in i the everlasting stars look down like glistening eyes bright with immortal pity over the lot of man