All 13 Uses of
enigma
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Then came the hope of salvation; the mysterious epistle, signed with the enigmatical scarlet device; the clear, peremptory directions; the parting from the Comte de Tournay, which had torn the poor wife's heart in two; the hope of reunion; the flight with her two children; the covered cart; that awful hag driving it, who looked like some horrible evil demon, with the ghastly trophy on her whip handle!†
Chpt 4enigmatical = mysterious and seemingly unexplainable
- But he remained serious and earnest whilst she laughed, and his voice, clear, incisive, and hard, was not raised above his breath as he said,— "Then, as you have heard of that enigmatical personage, citoyenne, you must also have guessed, and know, that the man who hides his identity under that strange pseudonym, is the most bitter enemy of our republic, of France ...of men like Armand St. Just."†
Chpt 8
- "La, man!" she said, speaking over her shoulder and looking him full and squarely in the face, "did I not say it was some imaginary plot.... Armand in league with that enigmatic Scarlet Pimpernel!†
Chpt 10enigmatic = mysterious and seeming unexplainable
- Chauvelin had sworn to his colleagues in Paris that he would discover the identity of that meddlesome Englishman, entice him over to France, and then ...Chauvelin drew a deep breath of satisfaction at the very thought of seeing that enigmatic head falling under the knife of the guillotine, as easily as that of any other man.†
Chpt 11
- "Ah, Monseigneur," said Chauvelin, significantly, "rumour has it in France that your Highness could—an you would—give the truest account of that enigmatical wayside flower."†
Chpt 11enigmatical = mysterious and seemingly unexplainable
- Fortunately the supper-room was deserted: this would make Chauvelin's task all the easier, when presently that unsuspecting enigma would enter it alone.†
Chpt 14
- Surely at the present moment you must hope, as I do, that the enigmatical Scarlet Pimpernel will start for Calais to-day—†
Chpt 15enigmatical = mysterious and seemingly unexplainable
- With perfect gallantry he bowed over that tiny hand, which looked so dainty and white through the delicately transparent black lace mitten, and kissing the tips of the rosy fingers:— "Pray heaven that the thread may not snap," he repeated, with his enigmatic smile.†
Chpt 15enigmatic = mysterious and seeming unexplainable
- Laughingly, in the olden days, she used to call him the shadowy king of her heart, and now she had suddenly found that this enigmatic personality whom she had worshipped, and the man who loved her so passionately, were one and the same: what wonder that one or two happier Visions began to force their way before her mind?†
Chpt 20
- No doubt if you scream, if there is a scuffle here, if shots are fired, it is more than likely that the same long legs that brought this scarlet enigma here, will as quickly take him to some place of safety.†
Chpt 29
- As for that enigmatic Scarlet Pimpernel, what is he to you?
Chpt 29 *enigmatic = mysterious
- That enigmatic and audacious Scarlet Pimpernel, alone and with thirty men at his heels, could not reasonably be expected to escape a second time.†
Chpt 30enigmatic = mysterious and seeming unexplainable
- Nature, poetic, silent, balmy, the bright moon, the calm, silvery sea spoke of beauty and of rest, and Chauvelin cursed nature, cursed man and woman, and above all, he cursed all long-legged, meddlesome British enigmas with one gigantic curse.†
Chpt 30enigmas = things that are mysterious and seem unexplainable
Definition:
something mysterious that seems unexplainable