pimpernel

/pim-per-nel, -nl/US // ˈpɪm pərˌnɛl, -nl //UK // (ˈpɪmpəˌnɛl, -nəl) //

小精灵,小辣椒,小红帽,小黄蜂

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a plant belonging to the genus Anagallis, of the primrose family, especially A. arvensis, having scarlet or white flowers that close at the approach of bad weather.

A faintly embarrassing situation this, even for an ancestor of the elusive Pimpernel.
His failure in bringing that interfering Scarlet Pimpernel to justice and the guillotine had completed Chauvelin's downfall.
She was a prisoner in the hands of those who long ago had sworn to bring The Scarlet Pimpernel to death!
It would require more than the ingenuity of the Scarlet Pimpernel himself to untie this Gordian knot.
As for the Scarlet Pimpernel, Chauvelin could not very well conceive what he would do under these present circumstances.