Both Uses of
inevitable
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- the inevitable came with sure and rapid footsteps.
Chpt 6 *inevitable = event that was certain to happen
- The individual who had come to the door in response to Sir Andrew's knock, and who, presumably, was the owner of this squalid abode, was an elderly, heavily built peasant, dressed in a dirty blue blouse, heavy sabots, from which wisps of straw protruded all round, shabby blue trousers, and the inevitable red cap with the tricolour cockade, that proclaimed his momentary political views.†
Chpt 22inevitable = certain to happen
Definition:
certain to happen (even if one tried to prevent it)