Both Uses of
talon
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- "I had forgotten," repeated Chauvelin, with a weird chuckle, as he rubbed his bony, talon-like hands one against the other, with a gesture of fiendish satisfaction.†
Chpt 24 *talon = sharp hooked claw
- Desgas evidently obeyed, for Marguerite heard him creeping away along the stony cliff, then she felt that a pair of warm, thin, talon-like hands took hold of both her own, and held them in a grip of steel.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
a sharp hooked claw -- especially on a bird of prey